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A man is known by the company he keeps. But with the implementation of the Companies Bill 2009, a single person will constitute a Company, under the One Person Company (OPC) concept.As a structure for professionals, individual entrepreneurs, SMES and NGOs – the proposed Section 171 extends to Section 25 Companies as well – this is a godsend, as it insulates the shareholders personal assets from liability. But one wonders whether this Bill is the right platform or the.. Full Article

Reports have been published in a section of media indicating Shri R.Vasudevan as “Acting Chairman, Company Law Board” or “Company Law Board Chief”. This is factually incorrect as he was never the Acting Chairman of the Company Law Board at any point of time after superannuation of Shri S.Balasubramanian, Chairman, Company Law Board on 2.11.2009. In fact, Shri R.Vasudevan happened to be the junior most Member of the Company Law Board, who joined the Board only o.. Full Article

Former Chhattisgarh High Court Judge Mr Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh took charge as the new Chairman of the Company Law Board (CLB) on Friday, four days ahead of the originally scheduled joining date. This follows a request by the Government as the presiding Chairman, Mr R. Vasudevan, was arrested on Tuesday by the CBI in a bribery case. The CLB Chairman's post was held by bureaucrats for many years. Full Article

The government has put its act together to see that the Company Law Board (CLB), the quasi-judicial body that gives verdicts on litigation and complaints that come under the purview of the Companies Act, gets a fresh set of members soon. This is in the backdrop of the arrest of R Vasudevan, the senior most CLB member, on November 24. This has left the board with just two members to hear the pending cases that run into thousands. Full Article

Vasudevan, who was director investigation and inspection ministry of corporate affairs before joining the CLB three months ago, was looking into high profile cases like the Satyam and the Sesa Goa fraud. "No we don't need to relook, it is the SFIO that has done the investigation, in the beginning it was done at the level of Regional Director and Registrar of Companies and then it was taken over by the SFIO, so I don't think we need to worry at all...," Corporate Affairs.. Full Article

Acting chairman of Company Law Board R Vasudevan was arrested by CBI for allegedly taking bribe of Rs seven lakh from a company secretary to give a favourable verdict to a media house. Mr. Vasudevan was arrested from his official residence at HUDCO Palace in south Delhi late last night while he was allegedly accepting the bribe from Manoj Banthia, who was also nabbed. Full Article