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No lis lies when there is no live claim or the cause of action and it is settled legal principle. The requirement of having a live claim for seeking relief is also been highlighted by the Hon’ble Apex Court while dealing with the scope of powers of Chief Justice under section 11 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Full Article

I have been continuously focusing at the complications in the corporate world and especially about the protection to the shareholders in a Company. I have seen cases where the majority does everything in order to deny the rightful share of the minority shareholders or the group; or to make the company a shell company. 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

an effective enforcement of provisions like 397/398 of the Act and the protection of rights of all shareholders without any scope for misuse or abuse is very important for the growth of industry or the corporate world. It is true that we have good regulations regulating the functioning of listed public companies, but, a good focus also to be made on the regulations governing private limited companies and especially the rights of shareholders in a private limited companie.. Full Article

Section 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956 deals with “oppression” and “mismanagement” by the majority in a Company against the Minority Shareholders. How to construe “minority” for the purpose of section 397/398 is dealtwith under section 399 which prescribes qualification to approach the Company Law Board under section 397/398 of the Act. What amounts to “oppression” and is oppression completely different from “mismanagement” as dealwith under s.. Full Article