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The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs today informed the Rajya Sabha that the Companies Bill 2011 is under finalization based on recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance and inputs received from all relevant interest groups. Full Article

Banks could be excluded from class-action suits, which have been proposed under the new Companies Bill, 2009. The move will help to ensure that the interests of depositors remain paramount. Class action is a new clause that would allow members, share Full Article

To prevent misuse of class action suits, the new Companies Act may specify a minimum number of shareholders or creditors of companies for exercising the right to file such cases, the Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid, has said. This is a major change from the current position on class action suits as mentioned in the Companies Bill, 2009, which is now before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance. Full Article

The new Bill, which is likely to come up in the Budget session in 2010, proposes no cap on the remuneration of CEOs, letting the shareholders decide the issue. Thanks to the Companies Law Bill 2009, the expression ‘shareholders’ democracy’ is gaining in popularity. The Government argues that shareholders should have a say in deciding the managerial remuneration. But what does shareholders democracy actually mean? Full Article

The Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid, on Wednesday said that the Companies Bill, 2009 will also have provisions for Class Action suits that will allow investors to seek compensations from companies. At a workshop to discuss the Bill, Mr Khurshid said, “Compensation cases in India are a long-drawn-out process, with few success stories. Within the current framework of the company law there is no provision for compensation for shareholders in the event of ne.. Full Article