Month: March 2014

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

FII/QFI investments in Commercial Papers SEBI circular CIR/IMD/FIIC/6/2013 dated April 01, 2013, SEBI had permitted FIIs and QFIs to invest upto US$ 3.5 billion in Commercial Papers within the Corporate Debt limit of US$ 51 billion. Pursuant to the RBI circular reducing the existing sub-limit for FII/QFI investment in Commercial Papers from USD 3.5 billion …

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RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) – Reporting arrangements The Reserve Bank of India has issued the circular no. A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No. 105 dated 17th February, 2014 modifying the ECB 2 –Return to Capture the details of the financial hedges contracted by corporates, of their foreign currency exposure relating to ECB and their foreign currency earnings …

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MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

Notification relating to amendments of Schedule VII of Companies Act, 2013 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) has issued notification dated 27th February, 2014 amending the Scheduled VII of Companies Act, 2013 by substituting the following items for item (i) to (x) : eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, promoting preventive health care and sanitation and …

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Patel Ishwarbhai Bechardas V Add-Life Pharma Ltd[Guj]

C/AO/225/2012 Decided on : 05/12/2013 Sections 10 and 293(a) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with section 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908- Appellant PATEL ISHWARBHAI BECHARDAS & 8….(s) Versus Respondent(s) ADD-LIFE PHARMA LTD THROUGH DIRECTOR CHANDRAKANT & 2…. Brief facts: Defendant Company selling land without following the provisions of section 293(a) -shareholders …

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Legal Jargon

Word: “Docket” Origin: British Meaning:a list of cases in court for trial or the names of the parties who have cases pending. Example: The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket. Word: “Hearsay” Origin: Latin Meaning: Unverified information heard or received from another; rumor. Example: I pay no attention to hearsay.

Partners Column

Dear Friends, Several reorganisations have taken place in the Corporate and Political scenarios during the month of February, 2014. Amongst all, the predominant one was the passing of the long awaited Telangana Bill in the Parliament against the backdrop of protest and unruly behaviour of the MPs who were against the division of Andhra Pradesh. …

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The France model of corporate governance- Board Functionality

The quality of corporate governance among listed companies in France has improved and even accelerated in recent years. Standards are now at the highest international levels. In particular, they meet or exceed those recommended by the OECD, which together with the European Commission leads development in this area. This code has established priorities concerning the …

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Lets Analyze

In the earlier issue we have discussed on section 41 of the Companies Act, 1956 which deals with the definition of Member and in the present issue we shall proceed with Section 46 of the Companies Act, 1956 which deals with Contracts and deeds, investments, seal, etc and also with section 47 which deals with …

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