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About the authors I-5
Preface to the Twenty Seventh Edition I-7
Preface to the First Edition I-9
Section-wise Index I-13
CHAPTER 1 : HISTORY OF COMPANY LEGISLATION 1
CHAPTER 2 : MEANING AND NATURE OF A COMPANY 11
CHAPTER 3 : KINDS OF COMPANIES 36
CHAPTER 4 : FORMATION AND INCORPORATION OF A COMPANY 118
CHAPTER 5 : MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION 144
CHAPTER 6 : ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 175
CHAPTER 7 : PROSPECTUS 197
CHAPTER 8 : ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLIC DEPOSITS 218
CHAPTER 9 : SHARE AND SHARE CAPITAL 230
CHAPTER 10 : MEMBERSHIP 367
CHAPTER 11 : REGISTERS AND RETURNS 384
CHAPTER 12 : INVESTMENTS, LOANS, BORROWINGS AND
DEBENTURES 404
CHAPTER 13 : DIVISIBLE PROFITS AND DIVIDEND 437
CHAPTER 14 : COMPANY MANAGEMENT 460
CHAPTER 15 : COMPANY SECRETARY AND PRACTISING
COMPANY SECRETARY 549
CHAPTER 16 : COMPANY MEETINGS - I - GENERAL 579

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CHAPTER 17 : COMPANY MEETINGS - II - GENERAL BODY MEET-
INGS 619
CHAPTER 18 : COMPANY MEETINGS - III - BOARD MEETINGS 635
CHAPTER 19 : ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 662
CHAPTER 20 : INSPECTION, INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION 757
CHAPTER 21 : MAJORITY RULE AND MINORITY PROTECTION 784
CHAPTER 22 : PREVENTION OF OPPRESSION AND MISMANAGE-
MENT 794
CHAPTER 23 : COMPROMISES, ARRANGEMENTS, RECONSTRUC-
TION AND AMALGAMATION 881
CHAPTER 24 : WINDING UP 962
CHAPTER 25 : AUTHORITIES UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 1067
SUBJECT INDEX 1119