Company Law Ready Reckoner (In 2 Volumes)

Bharat?s Company Law Ready Reckoner (28th Edition, 2026) by Dr. D.K. Jain is a comprehensive, practice-oriented reference work in two volumes covering the entire framework of the Companies Act, 2013 along with allied rules and relevant provisions of insolvency, winding up, NCLT/NCLAT procedures, mergers, oppression & mismanagement, government companies, foreign companies, and regulatory compliance.

Structured in a logical Part-wise and Chapter-wise format, the book provides a complete operational understanding of corporate law?from incorporation, share capital, management, audit and accounts, to inspection, investigation, amalgamation, liquidation, and tribunal practice. Designed as a ready reckoner, it serves as a structured compliance manual and litigation reference for corporate professionals and legal practitioners.

Key Features

• Comprehensive coverage in 2 Volumes spanning incorporation to winding up and insolvency.
• Detailed treatment of Board powers, related party transactions, CSR, managerial remuneration, and compliance requirements.
• Complete procedural framework for mergers, amalgamations, takeover, oppression & mismanagement.
• Dedicated chapters on NCLT and NCLAT constitution, applications and petitions.
• Coverage of insolvency resolution and liquidation for corporate persons.
• Separate sections on foreign companies, government companies, Nidhi companies and registered valuers.
• Practice-focused structure for quick referencing by professionals.
• Authored by an experienced Company Secretary with judicial foreword insight.

This book is ideally suited for Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Cost & Management Accountants, corporate lawyers, compliance officers, consultants, LLP advisors, insolvency professionals, and in-house corporate legal teams who require a structured and authoritative reference on company law. It is equally valuable for law students, CS/CA aspirants, and professionals appearing before the NCLT/NCLAT who need clarity on procedural and substantive corporate law provisions.

PART I – PRELINARY

1. Definitions

2. About the Company

3. Illegal Association

PART II – INCORPORATION OF COMPANY AND MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO

1. Formation of a Company

2. Selection and Reservation of Name for the Company

3. Memorandum of Association & Alteration Thereof

4. Articles of Association & Alteration Thereof

5. Incorporation of One Person Company

6. Incorporation of Companies with Charitable Objects

7. Commencement of Business

8. Change in the Name of Company

9. Change in the Situation of the Registered Office

10. Alteration in the Object Clause of Memorandum

11. Alteration in the Share Capital Clause

PART III – PROSPECTUS AND ALLOTMENT OF SECURITIES

1. Prospectus

2. Offer or Invitation of Securities on Private Placement Basis

PART IV – SHARE CAPITAL & DEBENTURES

1. Types of Share Capital

2. Share Certificates

3. Voting Rights

4. Calls, Forfeiture and Re-issuance of Shares

5. Issuance of Securities at Premium, Discount & Sweat Equity Shares

6. Transfer and Transmission of Securities

7. Further Issue of Securities

8. Employees Stock Option (ESOS) & Share Based Employee Benefits Regulations, 2014

9. Issuance of Bonus Shares

10. Buyback and Purchase of Own Shares

11. Debentures

12. Nomination by Security Holders

PART V – ACCEPTANCE OF DEPOSITS BY COMPANIES

1. Invitation and Acceptance of Deposits by Companies

PART VI – REGISTRATION OF CHARGES

1. Registration and Modification of Charge

2. Appointment or Cessation of Receiver or Manager

PART VII – MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

1. Register of Members

2. Closure of Register of Members and Debenture Holders

3. Annual Return

4. General Meetings

5. Notice of General Meetings

6. Quorum, Chairman & Proxy

7. Voting

8. Resolutions & Resolutions Passed by Postal Ballot Process

9. Minutes

PART VIII – DECLARATION AND PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND

1. Declaration of Dividend

2. Transfer of Unpaid Dividend and Resultant Securities to the Investor Education and Protection Fund

PART IX – ACCOUNTS OF COMPANIES

1. Maintenance of Books of Accounts

2. Depreciation

3. Boards’ Report

4. Corporate Social Responsibility

5. Internal Audit

PART X – AUDIT AND AUDITORS

1. Appointment and Change of Auditors

2. Cost Audit

3. Auditor’s Report

4. Branch Audit

PART XI – APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS

1. Directors and Constitution of the Board

2. Independent & Women Directors

3. Appointment and Change in Directors

4. Director Identification Number

5. Appointment of Other than Retiring Director, Additional Director, Alternate Director, Nominee Director, etc.

6. Disqualification, Qualifications and Duties of Directors

7. Deemed Vacation of Office, Removal and Resignation of Director

8. Register of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel

PART XII – MEETINGS OF BOARD AND ITS POWERS

1. Board Meetings

2. Committee and Class Meetings

3. Powers of the Board

4. Restrictions on Powers of the Board

5. Disclosure of Interest, Related Party Transactions, Office or Place of Profit and Registers

6. Loan to Directors, Loan and Investment by Company

7. Contracts of Employment with Managing/Whole-time Directors, Loss of Office and Restriction on Non-Cash Transactions

PART XIII – APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

1. Appointment of Managing Director, Whole-time Director or Manager

2. Managerial Remuneration

3. Powers of the Central Government Relating to Appointment of Managerial Personnel

4. Appointment of Key Managerial Personnel, Secretarial Audit and Functions of Company Secretary

PART XIV – REMOVAL OF NAMES OF COMPANIES FROM THE REGISTER

1. Removal of Name of Companies from the Register

PART XV – COMPANIES AUTHORISED TO REGISTER & WINDING UP OF UNREGISTERED COMPANIES

1. Companies Authorised to Register under the Companies Act, 2013

2. Winding up of Unregistered Companies

PART XVI – REGISTRATION, OFFICES AND FEES

1. Registration, Offices and Fees

PART XVII – MISCELLANEOUS

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PART XVIII – INSPECTION, INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION

1. Inspection of Books and Conduct Enquiry

PART XIX – COMPROMISE, ARRANGEMENT AND AMALGAMATION

1. Merger and Amalgamation

2. Takeover of Companies

PART XX – PREVENTION OF OPPRESSION AND MISMANAGEMENT

1. Oppression and Mis-management

2. Class Action Suits

PART XXI – REGISTERED VALUERS

1. Registered Valuer

PART XXII – INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION FOR CORPORATE PERSONS

1. Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation for Corporate Persons

PART XXIII – WINDING UP

1. Winding up by the Tribunal

2. Members and Creditors Voluntary Winding up

3. Provisions Applicable to Every Type of Winding up

PART XXIV – COMPANIES INCORPORATED OUTSIDE INDIA

1. Companies Incorporated Outside India

2. Establishing Offices in India by a Foreign Company

PART XXV – GOVERNMENT COMPANIES

1. Government Companies

PART XXVI – COMPANIES TO FURNISH INFORMATION OR STATISTICS

1. Powers of the Central Government to Call Information

PART XXVII – NIDHI

1. Powers of the Central Government for Nidhi Companies

PART XXVIII – NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL

1. Constitution of National Company Law Tribunal

2. Applications and Petitions before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal