List of Project Topics

Corporate Law-I
B.A., LL.B (Hons.), III Year, IX Trimester
(March-June, 2011)

Note: Allottees of all topics shall refer to the relevant academic writings and leading
Indian and English case law, and include a critical analysis of the same.

Group Project Topics

Topic I.D.No
1. Shareholders Agreement- Jurisprudential basis and 1630
impact- A critical study with reference to the 1691
leading cases and literature
2. Limited Liability- An examination of the concept 1662
from legal and economic perspectives 1622
3. Group Companies- Scope and ambit of the 1638
statutory provisions and the regulatory regime 1653
4. The doctrine of separate legal personality and lifting
the corporate veil as applied to group companies A 1667
discussion with reference to the leading Indian and 1678
English cases and literature
5. The Corporation as a nexus of contracts: A critique 1632
of Easterbrook and Fischels theory 1628
6. Scope and ambit of the statutory provisions deviating
from the concept of separate legal personality of the 1627
company 1639
7. Amendment of the Articles of Association- Scope 1645
and ambit- A critical study with reference to the legal 1646
literature and case law
8. Corporate Criminal Liability- Jurisprudential 1637
issues and practical significance- A critical study 1673
with reference to the legal literature and Indian and
English case law
9. The ordinary civil court in company matters- 1690
Jurisdictional issues- A critical study with reference 1680
to case law and statutory provisions
(Has the Amendment Act of 2002 made any change
in the legal position?)
10. The role of SEBI in regulating the primary market 1661
for securities 1633

11. The role of SEBI in regulating the secondary market 1625

for securities 1624

12. Debenture Trustee- Position, Powers and Duties 1650

1620
13. Regulatory regime over Banking Companies 1676
1687
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14. Limited Liability Partnership- Is it a quasi- 1658
partnership, quasi-corporation or sui generis? 1621
15. Financial Derivatives 1648
1660
Additional Group Topics
16. Statutory Contract embodied in the Articles of
Association- A critical study
17. Legal regime over transfer of corporate securities-
Electronic and manual modes
18. The Role of Stock Exchange in Corporate
Governance

Individual Project Topics
Articles/ Book Review
1. Frankenstein Incorporated or Fools Parliament?
Revisiting the Concept of the Corporation in 1623
Corporate Governance- Farrar, John H.
(Reading Material- Serial No.9)
2. From Rights to Regulation in Corporate Law- 1629
Greenfield, Kent (Reading Material- Serial No.17)
3. A Reconfiguration of Company and/ or Corporate 1631
Law Theory- Wishart, David (Reading Material-
Serial No.13)
4. Corporate Power- Parkinson, J.E. 1634
(Reading Material- Serial No.12)
5. Companies and Regulations: Theories, 1635
Justifications and Policing- Dine, Janet
(Reading Material- Serial No.23)
6. Related Party Transactions- Enriques et al.
(Chapter 6) The Anatomy of Corporate Law 1641
A Comparative and Functional Approach
Oxford University Press, 2009
Kraakman et al.
7. The Structure of Corporation Law- Eisenberg, 1642
Melvin Avon
89 Colum.L.Rev.1461(1989)
8. The Business Enterprise: A Socio-legal
Introduction- Wheeler, Sally 1643
The Law of the Business Enterprise: Selected Essays
Sally Wheeler
Oxford University Press, 1994
9. Company Law and the Myth of Shareholder 1647
Ownership- Ireland, Paddy
62 Mod. L. Rev. 32 (1999)
10. Enforcement of outsider rights under S.20 (1) of the 1651
Companies Act, 1948 Goldberg
35Mod. L. Rev. 362 (1972)
 Individual Project Topics
I.D.No
1. Control of listed public companies 1652
2. Creditors as stakeholders 1654
3. Legal regime and jurisprudential issues relating to
Sweat Equity Shares and Employees Stock Option 1655
Schemes
4. The Depositories- Their role and functions in the 1656
Securities market
5. Regulatory regime over intermediaries in the securities 1657
market
6. The Securities Appellate Tribunal 1610
7. Non-Banking Financial Institutions with special 1617
reference to the regulatory regime over them
8. Preference shareholder- suspended midway between 1664
the equity shareholder and creditors.
Comment
9. Clearing Corporations- A critical study 1665
10. Asset Management Company- Its role and functions 1666
11. Mutual Fund- How far is it a protective vehicle for 1670
retail investors?
12. Shadow Director A critical study 1671
13. Company Law Board and NCLT- A comparative study 1674
14. Government Companies and Public Corporations- 1675
Objects, legal structure & utility- A comparative study
15. Acceptance of Deposits by Non-Banking Non-Financial 1677
Companies- A critical study
16. Naming a company and changing the name- legal issues 1679
and analysis of case law
17. Pre-incorporation contracts- Theoretical and practical
issues- A comparative study with reference to the 1681
statutory provisions and case law in India and England
18. Issue of corporate securities through book-building 1682
19. Legal aspects of allotment of shares 1684
20. Mortgage of corporate securities 1686
21. Transfer of shares- Law and Procedure- A critical study
with reference to the jurisprudential issues, legal 1688
position of the contracting parties and the company and
their rights and duties
22. Scope and ambit of Section 77A- A critical study 1689
23. The law of agency- Its applicability to registered 1693
companies
24. Indian Depository Receipts 1695
25. A Comparison of SEBI (Issue of capital and
Disclosure requirements) Regulations, 2009 with SEBI 1697
(Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000
26. Private Companies- Restrictions on transferability of 1698
shares
27. Floating Charges 1699
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28. Effect of Ultra Vires transactions 1501
29. A critical study of Fundamental Rights available to 1542
corporate bodies with reference to leading cases
30. The Law of Defamation as applicable to companies and 1555
their officers
31. Legal Regime over Producer Companies 1569
32. Refusal to register the transfer of shares and remedies
available- A critical study with reference to Indian and 1584
English case law
33. Registration of Charges 1585

Case Comment
Note: Case Analysis shall include the theory of the legal issues involved and shall take
into consideration the previous and subsequent case law
1. Gambotto & Another v WCP Limited & Another 1659
(1995)127 ALR 417: (1995) 182 CLR 432
2. V.B. Rangaraj v V.B. Gopalakrishnan 1663
AIR 1992 SC 453
3. State of U.P. and Others v Renusagar Power Co. and 1593
Others
AIR 1988 SC 1737: [1991]70CompCas127(SC)
4. Standard Chartered Bank v Pakistan National Shipping 1605
Corporation
(2003)1BCLC244: (2003)1All E.R.173
5. N. Parthasarathy v Controller of Capital Issues and
Another 1526
AIR1991SC140, [1991]72CompCas651(SC)
6. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. v. The Chief Inspector of
Factories and Others 1500
AIR 1998 SC 2456: [1998]94CompCas64(SC)