Company Law -II

Paper Code: 
BCS 311
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To acquire knowledge and develop understanding of the regulatory framework of companies with reference to various provisions of Companies Act and its schedules, rules, notifications, circulars, clarifications there under including case laws and Secretarial standards.

9.00

Board Constitution and its Powers :Board composition; Restriction and Powers of

Board;  Board  Committees-  Audit  Committee,  Nomination  and  Remuneration

Committee, Stakeholder relationship Committee and other Committees.

Directors: DIN  requirement,  Types  of  Directors;  Appointment  /  Reappointment,

Disqualifications, Vacation  of Office,  Retirement,  Resignation and  Removal, and

Duties of Directors; Rights of Directors; Loans to Directors; Disclosure of Interest.

 

9.00

Key Managerial Personnel (KMP’s) and their Remuneration :Appointment of

Key Managerial Personnel; Managing and Whole-Time Directors, Manager, Chief

Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Company Secretary – Appointment,

Role  and  Responsibilities,  Company  Secretary  as  a  Key  Managerial  Personnel;

Functions  of  Company  Secretary;  Officer  who  is  in  default;  Remuneration  of

Managerial Personnel.

 

9.00

Meetings of Board and its Committees :Frequency, Convening and Proceedings of

Board  and  Committee  meetings;  Agenda  Management;  Management  Information

System; Meeting Management; Resolution by Circulation; Types of Resolutions;

Secretarial Standard – 1; Duties of Company Secretaries before, during and after

Board/ Committee Meeting.

 

9.00

General Meetings :Annual General Meeting; Extraordinary general Meetings; Other

General Meetings; Types of Resolutions; Notice, Quorum, Poll, Chairman, Proxy;

Meeting and Agenda; Process of conducting meeting; Voting and its types-vote on

show of hands, Poll, E-Voting, Postal ballot; Circulation of Members’ Resolutions

etc.; Signing and Inspection of Minutes; Secretarial Standard – 2; Duties of Company

Secretaries before, during and after General Meeting.

Virtual Meetings:  Technological  Advancement  in  conduct  of  Board  Committee

&General Meetings; e-AGM.

 

9.00

Legal framework governing Company Secretaries: The Company Secretaries Act,

1980 along with Rules and Regulations; Disciplinary Mechanism and Penalties for

Professional Misconduct; Ethics in Profession, Professional Liabilities.

Secretarial  Standards  Board  :Secretarial  Standards  Board  of  ICSI;  Process  of

making Secretarial Standards; Need and Scope of Secretarial Standards.

Mega Firms :Concept of mega firms; Benefits of mega firms, Eligibility criteria for

partner,   Agreement   between   partners;   Management   of   Firm;   Collective

multidisciplinary expertise; Public Relation and Brand Building.

 

References: 
  1. Majumdar,A.K. and Kapoor, G. K., Student’s guide to Company Law, Taxmann Publications (P) Ltd., New Delhi
  2. Study Material -Published by ICSI

 

  1. Kapoor, N. D., Company Law, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi

 

  1. Nolakha, R.L., Company Law, Ramesh Book Depot, Jaipur

 

  1. Mathew, M.J., Company Law, RBSA Publishers, Jaipur

 

  1. Scanner-Arun Kumar (Suchitra Prakashan (P) Ltd).

 

  1. Manual on Capital Issues-ICSI Publication.
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