Inspection, Inquiry and Investigation under Companies Act

This article has been written by Ms. Sheereen Iqbal, a student of South Calcutta College of Law, Calcutta INSPECTION, INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION UNDER COMPANIES ACT INTRODUCTION The provision of “investigation,” “inquiry,” and “inspection” is defined in Sections 206 to 229 of Chapter XIV of the Companies Act, where the Central Government’s main goal was to…

Red Herring Prospectus

This article has been written by Ms. Sheeren Iqbal at Southern Calcutta Law College, Calcutta RED HERRING PROSPECTUS INTRODUCTION To start with we will first know the meaning of a prospectus according to company law. Any document referred to or released as a prospectus, including any notice, circular, advertisement, or other document inviting public deposits…

Equity Shares with Voting Rights

                                  EQUITY SHARES WITH VOTING RIGHTS This article has been written by Ms. Sheereen Iqbal, a student of South Calcutta Law College, Calcutta INTRODUCTION According to section 43 of Companies Act,2013 there are two kinds of share capital:- (a)Equity Share capital     (i) with voting rights or      (ii) with differential voting rights; and (b) preference share capital.…

Decriminalisation of Compoundable Offence

This article has been written by Ms. Shereen Iqbal, a student of South Calcutta Law College, Calcutta. DECRIMINALISATION OF COMPOUNDABLE COMPANY LAW OFFENCES INTRODUCTION (REASONS BEHIND DECRIMINALISATION) The Companies (Amendment) Act,2020 expanded the scope of section 446B’s application to all provisions of the Companies Act,2013, which are subject to monetary fines. It also extended the…

Abridged Prospectus

This article has been written by Ms. Sonakshi Singhla, a student of Army Institute of Law, Mohali INTRODUCTION Abridge, according to the dictionary, means to condense something without losing its original meaning. The Indian Companies Act, Section 2(1), defines an abridged prospectus as a memorandum that contains all the key elements of the prospectus as…