Tag: Companies Act

  • Clarification on Effectiveness of the Companies Act, 2013

    [Posted by Umakanth Varottil] In a previous post concerning the notification bringing into effect several provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, it was discussed that the provision repealing the respective provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 was not brought into effect causing some confusion as to which law will apply to those matters. Based on…

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  • Companies Act, 2013: Additional Disclosures in Notices of Meetings

    [Posted by Umakanth Varottil] Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”;} [The following post is contributed by Nidhi Ladha, who is a junior partner at Vinod Kothari & Co. She can…

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  • Remedies against Directors’ Undue Gains: Personal or Proprietary?

    [Posted by Mihir Naniwadekar] Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} What is the appropriate remedy against a director who makes…

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