The Companies Act, 2013 : New Challenges in Contemporary Indian Economy
Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. One person company: 1. One person Company-a viable option?/Sunitha Abhay Jain. 2. One person companies: an empty promise without effective regulatory framework/Aakanksha Mishra and Sagar Godbole. 3. One person Company under the Companies Act, 2013: A critical study/Nitesh Mathur. II. Insider trading: 4. Insider trading: the white collar crime/Gurminder Dhami. 5. Insider trading: an insight into the new norms of SEBI/Pratiti Nayak. III. Class Action: 6. Class action and shareholder’s activism/Preetha S. 7. Class action: a sentinel of minority shareholder’s interest/Anindhya Tiwari and Amit Agarwal. IV. Special courts: 8. Role of special courts in new companies law/Rashi Chandhoke and Ankit Sahoo. V. Cross border merger and Amalgamations: 9. Corporate Governance of mergers and Arnalgamations in India: position under the Companies Act, 2013/Aparajita Bhatt. 10. Cross border merger and Amalgamation: an analysis under the Companies Act, 2013/Rukma Roy. 11. Mergers and Amalgamation: a comparative analysis under Companies Act, 2013 and competition Act, 2002/Aneesh V. Pillai. 12. Competition laws and cross-border merges and Amalgamations/Souvik Chtterji. VI. Corporate social responsibility: 13. Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013: an impetus for promotion of CSR in India/Subhankar Das. 14. Corporate social responsibility in the Companies Act, 2013: an innovative legislation lacking pragmatic approach/Arpita Sharma and Puja Kumari. VII. Independent Directors: 15. Role and duties of directors under the Companies Act, 2013/Gunjan Arora. 16. Independent directors: evolutionary changes elevating corporate Governance/Varun Tandon and Amit Pande. 17. Happy Independents: an analysis on concept of Independent director/Hansa Sinha. VIII. Women directors: 18. Women directors in boardrooms: starting of a new Era/Arundhati Bhattacharyya. 19. A revolutionary move to women empowerment: woman director on board/Priyam Ratnam. IX. Fund Raising: 20. Evaluation of raising finance by way of equity and debt respectively under the Companies Act, 2013/Rishika Lekhadia. 21. Section 185 and section 186 of the Companies act, 2013: Danger Ahoy/Shreyash Shah. X. New Challenges: 22. Uniform financial system: an achievable objective or a myth/Navtika Singh and Shuchita Agarwal. 23. Statutory remedies and shareholder oppression: is there a need to re-define judicial boundaries/Devarsh Mukhopadhyay. Conclusion. Index.
The Companies Act, 2013 is the major piece of legislation in India relating to formation, operation and control of companies and at the same time keeps balance between securities laws for investors and corporate finance for companies. The Companies Act, 2013 has been enacted to meet the growth of national economy and the need of international free trade.
The main purpose of this book is to simplify the under standings about functions of companies within the ambit of economic laws of the country. This book will be tremendously helpful from researcher to layman to know about major thrust of the Companies Act, 2013 and also for students of economics, commerce and management to understand the theories and practices of company laws. (jacket)
