Description
Bloomsbury India Company Law Procedures With Compliance'S And Checklists (Fifth Edition) by Milind Kasodekar and Shilpa Dixit and Amogh Diwan
About the book
This book attempts to provide a master key to professionals connected to the Companies Act and is responsible for compliance management in an organisation. It aims at making a professional’s life simple by providing a quick review of various provisions and rules, in the form of a checklist for day to day activities carried out by an organisation. Along with the procedural part, it also contains the relevant references of sections, rules, applicable e- forms/returns, circulars & notifications etc. duly updated till date and it becomes easy for the user to find all under one roof.
KEY FEATURES
Comprehensive list of forms and applicable rules along with the references of chapters and sections of the Companies Act, 2013 including Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 amended upto 18thNovember, 2019.
Comprehensive list of offences fines and penalties, compoundable and non-compoundable.
Table of applicable fees to be paid under the Companies Act, 2013.
Table of effective dates of amendments made by Companies Act, 2017 and Companies Act, 2019NEW.
Annual Compliance Calendar under the Companies Act, 2013 NEW.
Chapter-wise elaborate and detailed coverage of:
– Checkpoints to be considered for various procedural requirements.
– Action points to be taken.
– Procedures to be followed.
– Checklists of applicable e-forms.
References of the provisions of secretarial standards issued by the ICSI (SS1 & SS2) as amended.
References of registers to be maintained and types of resolutions under the Companies Act, 2013.
Fifth edition also includes new Chapters covering:
– Checklist on Dematerialisation of shares by the Company.
– Checklist on Issue of shares with differential rights.
– Checklist on Reduction of share capital.
– Checklist on Borrowings.
About the Author
Milind Kasodekar, FCS, ACMA, LL.B., B.Com. is a founder and managing partner of the Pune based firm of practicing company secretaries, 'MRM Associates'.
He served the pharma and steel industry as a cost accountant for 4 years and in 1990, he started his practice as a company secretary in Pune. He has been serving the corporates as a practicing professional for more than 25 years.
His areas of professional interests are corporate laws, mergers and amalgamations, winding up & liquidation of companies and he has successfully handled various cases of voluntary liquidation of public and private limited companies including listed companies. He acts in the capacity of a liquidator to many such companies.
He regularly appears before various statutory offices, including NCLT, Reserve Bank of India (FEMA matters) and has also acted as an arbitrator.
He also provides advisory services to many organisations including listed companies, unlisted public companies, and private limited companies in and outside India.
He is a registered as an Insolvency Professional with IBBI (Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India). He is also registered as a Mediator and Conciliator with the Regional Director, Western Region & North West Region of India.
He has been associated with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India for almost 2 decades and has contributed vigorously towards the profession of the company secretaries.
He was a member of the Managing Committee of ICSI, Pune during 1998 to 2003;
He was the Chairman of ICSI, Pune in 2000 and the Pune Chapter of ICSI received the “Best National Award” for the first time, under his leadership;
He served as a Regional Council Member of the Western India Regional Council of ICSI during 2004 to 2006 and was a Treasurer in the year 2006;
He was an elected member of the Central Council of the ICSI, Pune from 2007 to 2010.
He has served various committees of the ICSI such as:
Chairman of the Centre for Corporate Governance Research & Training (CCGRT) Managing Committee for the year 2010;
Program Director for the National Conference for Practicing Company Secretaries held in Pune in 2009;
Vice Chairman of the Building Committee of Western India Regional Council in the year 2009;
Chairman of the Information Technology (IT) Committee of Council for the years 2007 to 2009 and initiated and almost completed, the most prestigious COSMIC project of the Institute;
Chairman of the Research Committee at WIRC for the year 2005 which came out with a publication of Corporate Calendar and Draft Listing Agreement;
Chairman of the Information Technology (IT) Committee of WIRC for the years 2004 & 2005;
Member of Training and Educational Facilities Committee, Examination Committee, Finance Committee and Practising Company Secretaries Committee during 2007 to 2010.
Presently, he is a member of the Secretarial Standard Board and Peer Review Board of ICSI
He also acts as a faculty member for various programs organized by professional institutes and has also authored many articles & publications of ICSI.
As a nominated member from the ICSI, he served on the Cost Accounting Standards Board of ICWAI for the year 2009 and 2010.
He also holds directorships with various companies.
He has co-authored the following books published by Bloomsbury India Professional:
Procedure & Compliances – A Practical Approach to the Companies Act, 2013 (2nd edition released in February 2017)
Bloomsbury's Desk Referencer (2nd edition released in September 2017)
Writes: Accounting, Tax & Law, General Non-Fiction
Author of : Meetings- Notices, Resolutions and Minutes under the Companies Act, 2013, 3rd ed, Company Law Procedures with Compliance's and Checklists, Company Law Procedures, Annual Certifications & Secretarial Audit under Corporate Laws, Ready Reckoner on the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017, Director’s Handbook, 2nd ed
Shilpa Dixit, FCS, LL.B, B.Com. is a senior partner in Pune based firm MRM Associates, Companies Secretaries with more than 14 years of experience in practice. She has expertise in the fields of Corporate Laws, Listing guide-lines and SEBI Regulations and is an advisor to various Public and Private Limited Companies including top MNCs. Shilpa's core competencies and areas of expertise are:
The Secretarial Audits under the Companies Act, 2013;
Due Diligence Audits under the Company Law & compliances related to SEBI Regulations;
Periodical Audits as per the Listing Agreements with the Stock Exchanges;
Foreign Exchange Management laws;
Formation and Management of JV Companies;
Formations and management of LLPs;
Registrations under the MSMED Act etc.
She has contributed many articles on corporate laws in institute's journals and has received a Best Article for the Year Award in the year 2007, from the Pune Chapter of ICSI, for her article on “Legalization of Foreign Public Documents with reference to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (Hague Apostil Convention)”. She is a regular faculty to programmes conducted by professional institutes and has served on many committees of the Pune Chapter of the ICSI, since 2007.
As a Chairman of the Committee of the Practicing Company Secretaries, in the year 2009, she undertook and successfully completed the work of publishing the revised edition of the Handbook for Entrepreneurs & Professionals, published by the Pune Chapter of the WIRC of ICSI namely “All About Private Limited Companies”.
She had been an Office Bearer of the Managing Committee of ICSI, Pune during 2011 to 2014 and has served the position of a Chairperson of Pune Chapter of WIRC of ICSI in 2014. In 2015, she was elected as a member of WIRC of ICSI and has served the position of a Secretary of WIRC of ICSI in the year 2015. Presently, she is a Vice-Chairperson of the Western India Regional Council of ICSI.
She is also serving as an Independent and Woman Director in one of the Listed Company based in Pune.
She has co-authored the following books published by Bloomsbury India Professional:
Procedure & Compliances – A Practical Approach to the Companies Act, 2013 (2nd edition released in February 2017)
Bloomsbury's Desk Referencer (2nd edition released in September 2017)
Writes: Accounting, Tax & Law, General Non-Fiction
Author of : Meetings- Notices, Resolutions and Minutes under the Companies Act, 2013, 3rd ed, Company Law Procedures with Compliance's and Checklists, Annual Certifications & Secretarial Audit under Corporate Laws, Ready Reckoner on the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017, Director’s Handbook, 2nd ed
Amogh Diwan, B.S.L. LL.B. is presently pursuing LL.M. (2nd Year) from ILS Law College, Pune.
He has completed 'Certificate Course in Legislative Drafting' by Institute of Advanced Legal Studies wherein he was adjudged the 'Best Legislative Drafter'. Also, he has completed 1 year Certificate Courses in 'Law and Economics' and Certificate Courses in 'Financial Modelling', 'Financial Engineering & Structured Finance' with distinction from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.
While pursuing Company Secretary Course, he has secured All India Rank 7 (Professional stage - December 2012) and All India Rank 2 (Foundation stage - December 2010). In addition to multiple other academic achievements, he has secured A Grade in Business English Certificate Vantage (University of Cambridge).
Furthermore, he has been a Core Contributor for the commentary on company law, titled 'ICSI Premier on Company Law – Volume I, Sections 1-148'. His multiple research papers, published and presented in journals, seminars (national and international) were well appreciated.
His core interests are exploring multiple aspects of company law from drafting, finance and litigation aspects with the aid of comparative analysis of foreign jurisdictions. He has delivered various sessions on provisions of Company Law as well as Law & Economics at professional programmes across the country.
Writes: Accounting, Tax & Law, General Non-Fiction
Author of : Meetings- Notices, Resolutions and Minutes under the Companies Act, 2013, 3rd ed, Company Law Procedures with Compliance's and Checklists, Annual Certifications & Secretarial Audit under Corporate Laws, Ready Reckoner on the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017, Director’s Handbook, 2nd ed