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Company Law

  • Unit 1: Corporate Personality & Lifting the Veil
    • Corporate Personality & Registration (Sec 3-9)
    • Lifting the Corporate Veil: Judicial & Statutory Grounds
  • Unit 2: Constitutional Documents: MOA & AOA
    • Memorandum & Articles of Association (Sections 4 & 5)
    • Doctrines of Ultra Vires, Constructive Notice & Indoor Management
  • Unit 3: Share Capital, Transfer & Forfeiture
    • Share Capital: Kinds, Allotment & Buyback
    • Transfer, Transmission & Forfeiture of Shares
  • Unit 4: Board of Directors & Corporate Governance
    • Board of Directors: Appointment, Duties & CSR (Sec 135)
  • Unit 5: Prevention of Oppression & Mismanagement
    • Majority Rule (Foss v. Harbottle) & Minority Rights
  • Unit 6: Winding Up & Corporate Reorganization
    • Winding Up of a Company: Modes & Liquidator Powers
  • Unit 7: Corporate Tribunals & Regulatory Bodies
    • NCLT, NCLAT & SEBI: Roles & Jurisdictions

Unit 5: Prevention of Oppression & Mismanagement

Corporate management is based on democratic majority rule, but the law must step in to protect minority owners from severe abuse.

This unit examines the rule in Foss v. Harbottle, its essential exceptions, and the statutory remedies against Oppression and Mismanagement.

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