University of Delhi 2010-2nd Year M.Com Commerce CORPORATE LAW UNIVERSITY - Question Paper
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Course 449CORPORATE LAW (Admission of 2004 and onwards)
Time 3 Hours TFPT r 3
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Trace out in brief the history of company law in India and explain the main agencies provided in the Companies Act, 1956 those administer the Act in the country 15
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(i) East India Company was established by the royal charter of King of England in 1660
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(tu) DIN is compulsory for the directors of foreign companies
(w) A company having a share capital of Rs 5 lakh and above is required to file a secretarial compliance certificate
(u) The correctness of the statutory report shall be certified by at least two directors and a managing director, if there be any
(vi) The Registrar can extend the time for holding any annual general meeting
(uti) If within half an hour from the time appointed for holding general meeting, a quorum is not present, the meeting called on the request of the members is adjourned
(um) Only a shareholder can chair the general meeting
(uc) Even one member constitutes a valid quorum for shareholderss meeting.
(x) The quorum of the board meeting has to be present only at the beginning of meeting
Ow) Additional director holds office up to the date of next AGM
(xu) A small shareholders director may be elected by the company *suo>moto
0aw) Manager and managing director can be appointed simultaneously.
(xiv) If directors do not hold AGM m time, they shall vacate office latest on the date on which AGM was to be held.
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(a) A company was formed for aenal top-dressing
L, a qualified pilot held all but one share of
the share capital of 3000 He voted himself
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as chief pilot officer at a salary L was killed
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(b) The assessee, a wealthy man receiving huge dividends and interest income on his investments, formed four private companies to reduce his tax liability He transferred his investments to these four private companies in exchange of their shares These companies did no business except receipt of dividends and interest on the investments of him, which was transferred in companies account Income , received from his investments was credited to
the accounts of these four companies and each company handed back the same to him as loan In this way he divided his income into four parts and reduced his tax hability Decide if the income of company and member is taxed as that of one person
(c) Mr B has been appointed as a director of ACE
Automobiles Ltd on 2nd April 2002 The
articles of association of the company provide
that the qualification of a director shall be
holding of at least 10 shares m the company.
Mr B applied for 10 equity shares of the company on 31st May, 2002 But the shares were allotted only at the board meeting held on 19th August, 2002 Examine with reference to the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 whether Mr B has complied with the requirements relating to qualifications shares If not, what are the consequences ?
(d) The articles of association of M/s XYZ Ltd.
provide for five directors and all the five directors are in positions How many directors are liable to retire at the ensuing AGM 9
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Companies Act, 1956 examine the validity of the following
D, who is a director already in 14 public limited companies, accepts the directorships of the following companies .
(i) BC Private limited, which is the holding company of a public limited company.
(ii) RM Company which is an unlimited company
(m) MJ and Company Ltd. as an alternate director. 15
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(a) As the accounts books were seized by the police, the directors failed to place the Balance Sheet and P&L A/c before the AGM and also failed to file the same with the Registrar of Companies Decide giving case law, if the directors were guilty of the default in not filing the Balance Sheet and P&L A/c and not calling the AGM What better course was available to the directors in such a situation ?
(6) If at the time when AGM is due to be held
there is only one member present (the other
having died), decide, if any offence is committed
when the AGM is not held
(c) The request for requisition not having been
acted upon, the requisitionists called their
meeting at the registered office of the
company The item of the agenda was the
removal of the managing director The
managing director, on the day of meeting,
locked the company premises and the
members moved to a place a few yards of
the registered office and held the meeting there Decide, if the meeting was a valid meeting
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(6) Discuss the eligibility conditions for appointment of the Chairman and Members of the
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