Aam Jan Lokpal, UIDs: A third view

Today, in addition to Aam Jan Lokpal, the country seeks liberation from non-governmental institutions which takes birth due to legislations passed by British Parliament in 1860 and 1882. Gopal......

Cap salaries of independent directors: Survey

In variance with the recommendations of the JJ Irani committee on company law, a whopping 67 per cent of respondents to an Assocham-Asian Centre for Corporate Governance survey feel there should be......

Law may allow one-man firms

The government is planning to bring in radical changes in the new Companies Act like permission to start one-person companies and time-bound bankruptcy proceedings. Through the new Act the......

Consensus may delay new Company Law

The introduction of the new Companies Act may take longer than expected because the ministry of company affairs wants to garner the support of all stakeholders rather than try to ram the amendments......

New plan to deal with errant firms

The government on Wednesday said it will come out with a simplified settlement scheme for firms found violating the Companies Act and look at striking off names of defunct companies in order to......