Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles Reserch article on One Person Company September 5, 2016 by Nikunj Keyal | Leave a Comment Background of One Person Company (OPC) The New Companies Act, 2013 was approved by the Parliament in 2013. Some of the provisions of New Company’s Act 2013 came into force on September 20th 2013 while majority of sections came into force from 1st April 2014. The Companies Act, 2013 has introduced some new concepts in […] Read more » Benefits of OPC Conversion of One Person Company into Private Company Exemptions Provided to an OPC Impact of an OPC in Indian Entrepreneurship One Person Company Position of OPC in India under the Companies Act 2013 RESEARCH ARTICLE ON ONE PERSON COMPANY some restriction and terms imposed on an OPC
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles Proposed Changes to the Companies Act June 28, 2016 / June 30, 2016 by Hufriz Wadia | Leave a Comment The Companies Act, 2013 (“Companies Act”), while beneficial, has also been perceived as overzealous over regulation in part. With a view to facilitating the ease of doing business in India, addressing stringent compliance requirements, harmonising company law with other regulations, the (“Bill”)was introduced in the Lok Sabha in March 2016 and is currently under review […] Read more » Companies Act Companies Act 2013 Companies Amendment) Bill 2016 Proposed Changes to the Companies Act
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles Payment for live coverage of events – whether qualifies as fees for technical services? January 13, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sama Ahmed Foreign service providers engaged in covering live events have been facing issues as to taxability of payments received by them from India. In the past, the Delhi Bench of the Tribunal[1] had with reference to the India-Singapore tax treaty taken a view that services of production of and generation of live television signals […] Read more » fees for technical services Payment for live coverage of events
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles Distribution arrangement, whether it creates a permanent establishment? November 2, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A foreign company can arrange to sell its products in another jurisdiction (say in this case “India”), where there is a ready market for its products. Various models are adopted o sell their products in foreign jurisdictions such as, (1) direct sale which is generally implemented through a marketing and sourcing agent, (2) commissionaire arrangement […] Read more » Distribution arrangement
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles Power To Amalgamate – “An inherent right of the Company” July 28, 2013 / July 28, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Power To Amalgamate – “An inherent right of the Company” Mergers and acquisitions has become an indispensible part of the external corporate restructuring in the wake of modern economic scenario. They have been playing an important role in the growth of a number of leading companies the world over. They have become popular because of the enhanced competition, breaking of trade barriers, free flow of […] Read more » power to amalgamate rights of a Company
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles Media & Tort of Defamation January 22, 2013 / February 10, 2013 by Pratham Darad | Leave a Comment Freedom of Media One of the paradoxes is that Freedom of the Media to which our Founding Fathers were greatly attached finds no mention in Part III of our Constitution which guarantees certain fundamental rights. There is no specific guarantee of Freedom of the Media as in the Constitutions of other countries. In the course […] Read more » 1950 onwards the Supreme Court decisions Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution Constituent Assembly debates Constitution Contempt of court Decency or morality defamation difference between libel and slander Dr B R Ambedkar Freedom of Media Freedom of the Media Freedom of the Media as a fundamental right Friendly relations with foreign States Imputation in unfitness to run a business Imputation of a contagious disease Imputation of criminal conduct Imputation of unchastity Incitement to an offence kind of injury ParshuramBabaramSawant Part III of Constitution public order restrictions is defamation right of the people Security of the State Sovereignty and integrity of India TV broadcasts
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles Dispute Resolution – The Commercial Way November 12, 2011 / March 17, 2016 by Saloni Aggarwal | 2 Comments on Dispute Resolution – The Commercial Way Saloni Aggarwal I] INTRODUCTION ‘It bids us remember…to settle a dispute by negotiation and not by force; to prefer arbitration to litigation- for an arbitrator goes by the equity of a case, a judge by the strict law, and arbitration was invented with the express purpose of securing full power for equity.’- Aristotle With globalization […] Read more » ‘DISPUTE RESOLUTION Dispute Resolution
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles Effect of Compitition Law on Mergers and Acquisition September 23, 2011 / September 23, 2011 by Rohit Choudhary | 2 Comments on Effect of Compitition Law on Mergers and Acquisition INTRODUCTION Mergers and acquisitions (or combinations) refer to a situation where the ownership of two or more enterprises is joined together. A merger is said to occur when two or more companies combine to form a new company. In this, two or more companies may merge with an existing company or they may merge to […] Read more » acquisition Acquisition and Mergers Compitition Law Effect of Compitition Law Mergers Mergers and Acquisition Rohit Choudhary
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles TORT OF PASSING-OFF August 22, 2011 / March 17, 2016 by Jogeshwar Krishna Prasad Mishra | Leave a Comment CHAPTER 1 THE CONCEPT OF PASSING OFF Passing off is a wrong, a common law tort which protects the goodwill of a trader from misrepresentation. Misleading the public into believing falsely, that the brand being projected was the same as a well known brand is a wrong and is known as the tort of “passing […] Read more » TORT OF PASSING-OFF
Corporate & Commercial Law Legal Articles A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DOCTRINE OF LEGAL PRECEDENTS August 17, 2011 / March 17, 2016 by Aditi Ghosh | 5 Comments on A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DOCTRINE OF LEGAL PRECEDENTS ADITI GHOSH INTRODUCTION: Judicial methods are the techniques adopted by the judges in deciding cases. Judicial method plays an important role in the development of law, irrespective of the fact whether a community lives in rural simplicity or modern complexity, or whether it follows case laws to decide cases or codified laws. In this paper […] Read more » ADVANTAGES OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS AUTHORITATIVE OR BINDING PRECEDENT BINDING PRECEDENT common law DISADVANTAGES OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS Judicial methods JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS original precedent PERSUASIVE PRECEDENT precedent STARE DECISIS statute law