Corporate Law Articles

An insight into SEBIs Insider Trading Regulations

Payel Jain 30 April 2010 at 10:55

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 1992 requires that a person who is connected with a listed company and is in possession of any unpublished price sensitive information likely to materially affect

Incidence of stamp duty on merger-demerger

Payel Jain 29 April 2010 at 10:57

Payel JainVinod Kothari & Companypayel@vinodkothari.com Whether an order under section 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 would attract payment of stamp duty was an issue in dispute for a considerable period of time. The Delhi High Court has added t

397/398 - Company Law Board - forum shopping?

Durga Rao 28 April 2010 at 10:23

It is a fact that it is very rare to see a petition by a group of minority or majority under section 397/398 of the Companies Act, 1956 in listed Public Companies.

Petition under section 397/398 - maintainability?

Durga Rao 24 April 2010 at 12:13

I have been writing articles on various issues touching the corporate world and especially the issues under Companies Act, 1956. I was concentrating more on the law pertaining to Oppression and Mismanagement as dealt with under section 397/398 of

IPL issue- a classic case of corporate complications?

Durga Rao 20 April 2010 at 11:01

Many in this country including the corporates are closely watching the IPL controversy and it had led Mr.Shari Tharoor to submit his resignation. There are many interesting issues in the entire episode and I want to highlight few issues as a clas

Simple Tips for drafting Resolutions

CS. Bilu Balakrishnan 17 April 2010 at 12:56

TIPS FOR DRAFTING RESOLUTIONSResolutions are the decisions of the meetings and it should be so drafted that anybody not present at the meeting or anybody referring it later date will know clearly what the decision was at the meeting without referring

Decoding the SEBI Takeover Code

Payel Jain 16 April 2010 at 12:40

Decoding the “Takeover Code” [SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations 1997] By Payel Jain Vinod Kothari & Company Main idea behind the Coding of Takeover Code Some group of individuals commonly referred

Points to be covered in Scheme of Amalgamation

Rasesh 12 April 2010 at 15:30

In this article I have tried to provide in summarized form, the content of a Scheme of Amalgamation. I have tried to cover all the basic clause’ concerning amalgamation matters. Normally, a Scheme runs into tens of pages. To keep it small, I ha

Listed Company Compliances-Due for April 2010

Ankur Garg 09 April 2010 at 12:35

Listed Company Compliances-Due for April 2010 Dear Members, Please find below a detailed compilation

Scheme of Amalgamation: Principle of Single Window Clearance

Rasesh 06 April 2010 at 12:34

Scheme of Amalgamation: Analyzing the principle of 'Single Window Clearance' A Scheme of Amalgamation (“Scheme”) is a basically a Scheme in the nature of Arrangement under Sections 391 and 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 between