Bharat’s Abridged Company Law Ready Reckoner by Dr. D.K. Jain – 1st Edition 2024.

Bharat’s Abridged Company Law Ready Reckoner by Dr. D.K. Jain – 1st Edition 2024.

About Abridged Company Law Ready Reckoner

Part I – Preliminary

Chapter 1       Definitions

Chapter 2       About the Company

Chapter 3       Illegal Association

Part II – Incorporation of Company and Matters Incidental Thereto

Chapter 1       Formation of a Company

Chapter 2       Selection and Reservation of Name for the Company

Chapter 3       Memorandum of Association & Alteration Thereof

Chapter 4       Articles of Association & Alteration Thereof

Chapter 5       Incorporation of One Person Company

Chapter 6       Incorporation of Companies with Charitable Objects

Chapter 7       Commencement of Business

Chapter 8       Change in the Name of Company

Chapter 9       Change in the Situation of the Registered Office

Chapter 10     Alteration in the Object Clause of Memorandum

Chapter 11     Alteration in the Share Capital Clause

Part III – Prospectus and Allotment of Securities

Chapter 1       Prospectus

Chapter 2       Offer or Invitation of Securities on Private Placement Basis

Part IV – Share Capital & Debentures

Chapter 1       Types of Share Capital

Chapter 2       Share Certificates

Chapter 3       Voting Rights

Chapter 4       Calls, Forfeiture and Re-issuance of Shares

Chapter 5       Issuance of Securities at Premium, Discount & Sweat Equity shares

Chapter 6       Transfer and Transmission of Securities

Chapter 7       Further Issue of Securities

Chapter 8       Employees Stock Option (ESOS) & Share Based Employee Benefits Regulations, 2014

Chapter 9       Issuance of Bonus Shares

Chapter 10     Buyback and Purchase of Own Shares

Chapter 11     Debentures

Chapter 12     Nomination by Securities holders

Part V – Acceptance of Deposits by Companies

Chapter 1       Invitation and Acceptance of Deposits by Companies

Part VI – Registration of Charges

Chapter 1       Registration and Modification of Charge

Chapter 2       Appointment or Cessation of Receiver or Manager

Part VII – Management and Administration

Chapter 1       Register of Members

Chapter 2       Closure of Register of Members and Debenture holders

Chapter 3       Annual Return

Chapter 4       General Meetings

Chapter 5       Notice of General Meetings

Chapter 6       Quorum, Chairman & Proxy

Chapter 7       Voting

Chapter 8       Resolutions & Resolutions Passed by Postal Ballot process

Chapter 9       Minutes

Part VIII – Declaration and Payment of Dividend

Chapter 1       Declaration of Dividend

Chapter 2       Transfer of Unpaid Dividend and Resultant Securities to the Investor Education and Protection Fund

Part IX – Accounts of Companies

Chapter 1       Maintenance of Books of Accounts

Chapter 2       Depreciation

Chapter 3       Boards’ Report

Chapter 4       Corporate Social Responsibility

Chapter 5       Internal Audit

Part X – Audit and Auditors

Chapter 1       Appointment and Change of the Auditors

Chapter 2       Cost Audit

Chapter 3       Auditor’s Report

Chapter 4       Branch Audit

Part XI – Appointment and Qualifications of Directors

Chapter 1       Directors and Constitution of the Board

Chapter 2       Independent and Woman Directors

Chapter 3       Appointment and Change in the Directors

Chapter 4       Director Identification Number

Chapter 5       Appointment of Other than Retiring Director, Additional Director, Alternate Director, Nominee Director, etc.

Chapter 6       Disqualifications, Qualifications and Duties of Directors

Chapter 7       Deemed Vacation of Office of Director, Removal of Director and Resignation by Director

Chapter 8       Register of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel

Part XII – Meetings of Board and its Powers

Chapter 1       Board Meetings

Chapter 2       Committee and Class Meetings

Chapter 3       Powers of the Board

Chapter 4       Restrictions on the powers of the Board

Chapter 5       Disclosure of Interest, Related Party Transactions, Office or Place of Profit and Registers thereof

Chapter 6       Loan to Directors, Loan and Investment by a Company

Chapter 7       Contracts of Employments with Managing/Whole-time Directors, Loss of Office of Directors and Restriction on Non-Cash Transactions

Part XIII – Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel

Chapter 1       Appointment of Managing Director, Whole-time Director or Manager

Chapter 2       Managerial Remuneration

Chapter 3       Powers of the Central Government Relating to the Appointment of Managerial Personnel

Chapter 4       Appointment of Key Managerial Personnel, Secretarial Auditor and Functions of Company Secretary

Part XIV – Inspection, Inquiry and Investigation

Chapter 1       Inspection of Books and Conducting Inspection and Enquiry by the Central Government/Registrar

Part XV – Compromise, Arrangement and Amalgamation

Chapter 1       Merger and Amalgamation

Chapter 2       Takeover of Companies

Part XVI – Prevention of Oppression and Mismanagement

Chapter 1       Oppression and Mis-management

Chapter 2       Class Action Suits

Part XVII – Registered Valuers

Chapter 1       Registered Valuer

Part XVIII – Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies

Chapter 1       Removal of Name of Companies from the Register of Companies

Part XIX – Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation for Corporate Persons

Chapter 1       Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation for Corporate Persons

Part XX – Winding Up

Chapter 1       Winding up by the Tribunal

Chapter 2       Members and Creditors Voluntary Winding up

Chapter 3       Provisions applicable to every type of Winding up

Part XXI – Companies Authorised to Register & Winding Up of Unregistered Companies

Chapter 1       Companies Authorised to Register under the Companies Act, 2013

Chapter 2       Winding up of Unregistered Companies

Part XXI-A – Formation and Conversion of
Co-Operative Society into a Producer Company

Part XXII – Companies Incorporated Outside India

Chapter 1       Companies Incorporated Outside India

Chapter 2       Establishing Offices in India by a Foreign Company

Part XXIII – Government Companies

Chapter 1       Government Companies

Part XXIV – Registration, Offices and Fees

Chapter 1       Registration, Offices and Fees

Part XXV – Companies to Furnish Information or Statistics

Chapter 1       Powers of the Central Government to Call Information

Part XXVI – Nidhi

Chapter 1       Powers of the Central Government for Nidhi Companies

Part XXVII – National Company Law Tribunal

Chapter 1       Constitution of National Company Law Tribunal

Chapter 2       Applications and Petitions before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal

Part XXVIII – Special Court

Part XXIX – Miscellaneous

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