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NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY

BANGALORE

III YEAR IX TRIMESTER (MARCHJUNE) 2012

CORPORATE LAW I

PROJECT TOPICS

S. No. Project Topic I.D. No.

1.

Preferential allotment of sharesUses and abuses,

including an empirical study of a few recent

preferential allotments

1700

1702

2. Legal Personality of the commercial corporation- A

journey through history to discover its social,

political and economic dimensions in the modern

world

1701

1722

3. Tortious liability of companies: Jurisprudential

issues with reference to case law and legal writings

1703

4.

The suitability of Anglo-American model of

corporate law in India

(Suggested Reference : Vasudev, P.M., Corporate

Law and Its Efficiency: A Review of History 50

Am. J. Legal Hist. 237 2008-2010)

1704

1711

5. Floating Charges : Registration and Crystallisation-

A study of jurisprudential issues with reference to

case law and legal literature

1705

1712

6. Government Company- Is it state for the

purpose of Constitutional Law

1706

1716

7.

Group Companies- Analysis of the concept and its

implications in India, UK and US with special

reference to the following:

(i) Legal personality

(ii) Accounting aspects

(iii) Insolvency

(iv) Inter-corporate transactions

1707

1747

8. ADRs and GDRs: Legal nature and Regulatory

Regime

1708

9. Section 25 companies- comparison with bodies

formed under the Societies Registration Act

1710

10. The rules governing the maintenance of capital and

the exceptions thereto : A critical study with

reference to jurisprudential issues and case law

1713

1730

11. A critical study of judicial in-roads into the separate

legal personality of company

1714

12. Companies Bill 2011: A critical study 1715

1738

13. Legal regime governing acceptance of deposits by

miscellaneous non-banking companies. A

comparison with non- banking non- financial

companies

1719

1723

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14.

A critical analysis of the communitarian theory of

company- Should company law reach out to

protect the interests of stakeholders apart from

shareholders and creditors?

1720

15. The legal regime governing the structure, role and

functions of players in a Mutual Fund and their co-relationship- How far the retail investor stands

protected?

1724

1745

16. Executive Board of the Methodist Church of India v

Union of India (1985) 57 Comp. Cas. 443 & T.V.

Krishnan v. Andhra Prabha (Pvt) Ltd. (1960) 30

Comp. Cas. 437- Are they conflicting?

1725

17. Company Promoter: Legal position, duties and

liability A critical study with reference to case law

and statutory material and comparison between

India and other common law countries

1726

18.

Jurisdictional issues in company matters: The law

before and after Companies (Amendment) Act,

2002

1727

1737

19. Disclosure Requirements under the Companies Act

and other securities law statutes: scope, ambit and

efficiency

1728

1731

20.

Contractual capacity of the company and authority

of its agents: Does it afford sufficient protection to

the company, investors and creditors? A critical

study based on jurisprudential aspects and case law

1732

1733

21.

Formation of a public company proposed to beengaged in the business of manufacturing

petrochemicals- Law and procedure including

drafting

1734

1735

22. Automatic self-cleansing Filter Syndicate Co. v.

Cunninghame (1906) 2 Ch. 34 - Jurisprudential

issues and its applicability in India

1736

23.

Secondary Market from the perspective of investor

protection- efficacy of legal provisions (Group)

1740

1741

24. Amendment of the name clause and object clause-

Law and procedure

1742

25.

Commencement of business by public companiesand private companies

1744

26. Table A articles- significance and applicability- a

Comparison between Companies Act 1913 and

Companies Act 1956

1748

(PROF. M.P.P. PILLAI)

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