Basics of Indian Companies Act 2013 for CA/CMA/CS/MBA

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Companies Act and Companies

Lecture 1: Welcome Lecture and Introduction to Companies Act 2013

Lecture 2: What is Company?

Lecture 3: Seperate legal entity of company?

Lecture 4: Lifting of corporate Veil

Chapter 2: Classification of Companies

Lecture 1: Classes of Companies

Lecture 2: Classification of Companies on the basis of Liability

Lecture 3: One Person Company

Lecture 4: Private Company

Lecture 5: Comparison between OPC & Private Company

Lecture 6: Small company

Lecture 7: Public limited company

Lecture 8: Holding and subsidiary companies

Lecture 9: Example Holding and Subsidiary Relationship

Lecture 10: Whether Subsidiary company can hold shares in holding company

Lecture 11: Associate Company

Lecture 12: Classification of companies on the basis of access to capital

Lecture 13: Government Company

Lecture 14: Foreign Company

Lecture 15: Section 8 Company

Lecture 16: Dormant Company

Lecture 17: Nidhi Companies

Lecture 18: Public Financial Institutions

Lecture 19: Conversion of Public Company into Private Company

Lecture 20: Conversion of Private Company into Public Company

Chapter 3: Registration of Companies

Lecture 1: When Companies must be registered?

Lecture 2: Mode of Registration of Company

Lecture 3: Procedure for Incorporating One Person Company

Lecture 4: Incorporation of a Company

Lecture 5: Order of Tribunal if Company is formed by furnishing false information

Lecture 6: What is the effect of Registration of Company by RoC?

Lecture 7: Effect of Memorandum and Articles

Lecture 8: Commencement of Business

Lecture 9: Registered Office of Company

Lecture 10: Pre-Incorporation or Preliminary Contracts

Lecture 11: Conversion of Company Limited by Guarantee into Company Limited by Shares

Chapter 4: Memorandum and Articles

Lecture 1: Memorandum of Association An Overview

Lecture 2: Contents and Forms of Memorandum of Association

Lecture 3: Reservation of Name for Companies

Lecture 4: Alteration in Capital Clause of Memorandum

Lecture 5: Examples for Alteration in Capital Clause of Memorandum

Lecture 6: Registered Office of Company

Lecture 7: Change in Registered Office from one jurisdiction of one RoC to another RoC

Lecture 8: Provisions related to publication of Name of Company

Lecture 9: Alteration of Articles

Lecture 10: Conversion of OPC into Private / Public Companies

Lecture 11: Conversion of a Private Company into One Person Company

Lecture 12: Alteration in MoA & AoA to be noted in every copy

Lecture 13: Rectification of Name of the Company (Sec 16)

Lecture 14: Copies of Memorandum & Articles to be given to Members (Sec 17)

Lecture 15: Conversion of Companies from One Class to another (Sec 18)

Lecture 16: What is Doctrine of Ultra Vires?

Lecture 17: Effects of Ultra Vires Transactions?

Lecture 18: Doctrine of Constructive Notice

Lecture 19: Doctrine of Indoor Management

Lecture 20: Knowledge of Irregularity – Exception to Doctrine of Indoor Management

Lecture 21: Negligence – Exception to Doctrine of Indoor Management

Lecture 22: No knowledge of Articles – Exception to Doctrine of Indoor Management

Lecture 23: Illegal transactions & Forgery – Exception to Doctrine of Indoor Management

Chapter 5: Legal requirements – Name of a Company

Lecture 1: Legal requirments of Name of Company (Sec 4 Companies Act 2013)

Lecture 2: Legal requirments of Name of Company(Rule 8of Companies Incorporation Rules 20l4

Chapter 6: Articles of Association

Lecture 1: Articles of Association and related provisions in Companies Act 2013

Lecture 2: Articles of Association and related provisions in Companies (Incorporation) Rule

Lecture 3: Companies Act overrides Memorandum and Articles

Chapter 7: Alteration of Memorandum

Lecture 1: Provisions related to Alteration of Memorandum

Lecture 2: Alteration of Name Clause in Memorandum

Lecture 3: Alteration of Situational Clause in Memorandum

Lecture 4: Alteration of Objects Clause in Memorandum

Lecture 5: Provisions of Alteration of Memorandum in Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014

Chapter 8: Prospectus and Allotment of Securities

Lecture 1: Introduction to Public Offer and Private Placement

Lecture 2: Public Offer and Private Placement

Chapter 9: Charge

Lecture 1: What is the concept of Charge in Companies Act 2013?

Lecture 2: Companies (Registration of Charges) Rules, 2014

Lecture 3: Whether change in Bank Rate amounts to Modification of Charge?

Chapter 10: Accounts of Companies

Lecture 1: Accounts of Companies – An introduction into provisions of Companies Act 2013

Lecture 2: Provisions related to Books of Accounts under Companies Act 2013

Lecture 3: Place of keeping Books of Accounts by Companies

Lecture 4: Maintenance of Books of Accounts in Electronic Form by Companies and Companies a

Lecture 5: Maintenance of Books of Accounts of Branch Offices and related compliance

Lecture 6: Inspection of Books of Accounts by Directors

Lecture 7: Period of Maintenance of Books of Accounts by Companies

Lecture 8: Person responsible for Maintenance of Books of Accounts

Lecture 9: Penalty provisons related to Books of Accounts under Companies Act

Chapter 11: FINAL SECTION – BONUS LECTURE

Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture