Tag: Companies Act
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Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards: The Need to Move Beyond Rhetoric
Over the last few days, the financial press has been abuzz with the efforts of listed companies in India to recruit at least one woman director on their board in order to comply with the requirement under clause 49 of the listing agreement that takes effect today. This requirement also emanates from the Companies Act,…
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Role of the Regional Director in a Scheme of Arrangement
Mergers, demergers and other forms of corporate restructuring are usually effected through a scheme of arrangement that not only requires the approval of different classes of shareholders and creditors, but also the sanction of the relevant court of law. The provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, specifically sections 391 to 394, contain an elaborate framework…
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Rule Change for E-Voting
[The following guest post is contributed by Nidhi Bothra and Vinita Nair, Vinod Kothari & Co, Corporate Law Services Group. The authors can be contacted at nidhi@vinodkothari.com and vinita@vinodkothari.com respectively] Under the erstwhile system of holding general meetings, the resolutions were put to vote by way of show of hands or a poll could be…
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Electoral Reforms: Political Contributions by Companies
In the past, we have had a chance to discuss various issues pertaining to election campaign financing by the corporate sector (here, here and here). Last week, the Law Commission of India issued its Report No. 255 on Electoral Reforms that, among other matters, touches upon reforms in the area of corporate financing of political…
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Guide to Staff Loans under the Companies Act, 2013
[The following guest post is contributed by Munmi Phukon at Vinod Kothari & Co. The author can be contacted at munmi@vinodkothari.com] One of the incogruities in the Companies Act, 2013 (Act, 2013) has been section 186 which subjected companies to certain threshold limits while giving loans to any person or other body corporate. However, the…
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Definition of ‘Remuneration’ Under the Companies Act, 2013
[The following post is contributed by Nivedita Shankar, who is a Senior Associate at Vinod Kothari & Company. She can be contacted at nivedita@vinodkothari.com] As the financial year 2014-2015 approaches its end, companies are gearing up to meet the “many” requirements pertaining to preparation of board’s report in line with the new Companies Act, 2013…
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Report on Bankruptcy Law Reforms
The state of bankruptcy law in India continues to leave much to be desired, and adds to the difficulties in doing business in the country. Several previous efforts have been undertaken towards reforms, but they have either been introduced on a piecemeal basis or have not entirely been successful. With this in mind, the Government…
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Paper on the Historical Evolution of Corporate Law in India
I have posted a paper on SSRN titled “The Evolution of Corporate Law in Post-Colonial India: From Transplant to Autochthony”. The paper seeks to track the evolution of corporate law in India from 1850 all the way until the enactment of the recent Companies Act, 2013, and to examine the different forces which were at…
