Description
CCH India Offences By Companies by Prashant Sharma and Atti Tyagi
In India, a company is governed by numerous Laws of different nature. The number and nature of these Laws vary according to industry under which the Company falls. Major concern for management of a company is to avoid a situation which may expose them to litigation. This book covers a wide spectrum of issues related to offences by companies. The book seeks to analyse the remedies available to a company in the event of breach of statutory requirements by a company. A special focus has been given on liabilities of directors and other officers of a company in event of violation of different provisions under different legislations, which makes this book one of its kind with an extensive coverage of corporate, taxation, banking, labour, environment and industry specific laws. The book covers following Central Acts Part A: Labour Laws 1.The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 2. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 3.Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 4. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 5. The Factories Act, 1948 6.Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 7.Employees’ Provident Fund And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 8.The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 9. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 10. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 11. Building and other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Service) Act, 1996 Part B: Corporate Laws 12. The Companies Act, 2013 13. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Act, 1992 14. The Depositories Act, 1996 15. Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 16. Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 Part C: Banking and Taxation 17. Banking Regulation Act, 1949 18. The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 19. Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 20. The Income Tax Act, 1961 21. The Gift-Tax Act, 1958 22. Central Excise Act, 1944 23. The Customs Act, 1962 24. The Finance Act, 1994 Part D: Environment Laws 25. The Air (Preven
Key Features:-
- Covers more than 1500 relevant and important judicial pronouncements
- Liability of Directors and Officers of Companies discussed in detail.
- Covers Offences and Penalties in context of Companies.
- Corporate Offences classified and logically structured.
- the principles stated in this book can, over a period of time become law.
- Contains general as well as special laws concerning companies.