Unusual increase in ceasefire violations has ‘tacit support’ of Pak army: Antony

Defence minister A K Antony on Wednesday voiced concern over increasingceasefire violations and infiltration attempts from across the border and said they cannot take place without the “tacit support” of the Pakistan army.

Firecrackers or dark Diwali: Will Raghuram play party-pooper on D-Street?

Benchmark indices are close to hitting all-time highs, fuelled by aggressive buying by FIIs who have pumped in over Rs 13,000 crore in the last 16 trading sessions.
The 30-share Sensex crossed the 21,000 mark for the first time in January 2008, the year of the financial crisis that sparked a run on markets globally. The all-time closing high for Sensex is 21,004, which it hit on November 5, 2010; while its intraday high is 21,228.
FIIs are renewing their interest in India and have invested Rs 13,500 crore in the last 16 trades, the highest monthly net investment by foreign investors since May 2013, ET reported.

Exemplary Corporate Social Responsibility initiative in India

Introduction:-

“..Society is not just the environment of the enterprise. Even the most private of business enterprise is an organ of society and serves a social function… The very nature of the modern business enterprise imposes responsibilities on the manager.”

Simply put, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) maybe defined as “the ethical behavior of a company towards the society.”

DIRECTORS LIABILITY IN INDIA: AN ANALYTICAL NOTE MAKING A BRIEF COMPARISON WITH THE ENGLISH LAW

The position of directors has changed in the era of Corporate Governance to the extent that the directors have to protect the interest of not only the shareholders but also other stakeholders. Authors by way of this paper seeks to highlight the discussion of Directorial Roles, duties and Liabilities and tries to make a comparison of Indian Laws with that of the laws prevailing in England. To establish this,

THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE COMPANY SECRETARY – A FOCUS ON GOVERNANCE

As the importance of effective corporate governance continues to be critical in today’s environment, not least due to the global financial crisis, there has been increased focus on the role of the company secretary in Ireland. Most notably, the Companies Bill 2012 recently retained the need for a company secretary in both private and public companies.

Corporate Governance – A Much Factor in the Present-World Economic Scenario

In the present century of emerging corporate sectors in the emerging economies and the rise of market economy has paved the way of corporate governance and thereby we can no longer stand going beyond globalisation. The further approach in order to carry on with a pace in the world of modern business progress as with the globalisation, the need of a proper model and practise of corporate governance round the corner and in the present scenario the interests of the board of directors, business partners,

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE APPROACH FAVOURABLE TO INDIAN CORPORATE REALITY: (Chalking the Path to a Globally Integrated Approach)

“With rules, one asks, how far are they complied with? With principles, the right question is “How are they applied in practice?”

                                                                                            -Hampel Committee Report[1]

INSIDER TRADING- ITS ILLEGALITY AND LEGALITY

ABSTRACT

Insider trading is the trading of a corporation‘s stock or other securities (e.g. bonds or stock options) by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company. In most countries, trading by corporate insiders such as officers, key employees, directors, and large shareholders may be legal, if this trading is done in a way that does not take advantage of non-public information.

INTERFACE BETWEEN ANTIDUMPING AND COMPETITION LAW: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Introduction

‘While competition and antidumping laws come from the same family tree, the two diverge widely’.

            The laws relating to antidumping and competition protection has a common origin but they diverge into two entirely different category of legal structures. They have common origin in the sense that they both aims to protect market from unfair trade practices which hampers competition in the market however

THE VODAFONE CONTROVERSY: THE IMPLICATION ON COMPANIES ACT

Chapter I

Introduction

The Supreme Court of India, on 20 January 2012, put an end to one the country’s most high profile litigations, and in the process delivered a judgment that will go a long way in changing perceptions of India as a global commercial destination.