Business and Corporate Laws

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Author(s): Balachandran V, Thothadri S

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This book Business and Corporate Laws is designed in two parts. The first part covers Business Law. The second part covers the important topics on Company Law.

Cover
Halftitle Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
- Preface
Part - I BUSINESS LAW
- Chapter 1 Nature and Formation of Contract
  - Introduction
  - Key Definitions Used in the Indian Contract Act
  - Nature of Contract
  - Elements of Contracts
  - Classification of Contracts
    - On the Basis of Validity/Enforceability
    - On the Basis of Formation/Creation
    - On the Basis of Performance/Execution
  - English Law
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 2 Offer and Acceptance
  - Introduction
  - Proposal
    - Express Offer and Implied Offer
    - Specific or General Offer
    - Facts of the Case
    - Decision
  - Essential Requirements of a Valid Offer
  - Revocation of Offer
  - Cross Offers
  - Counter Offer
  - Tenders
  - Acceptance
    - Essentials of a Valid Acceptance
    - Effect of Silence on Acceptance
    - Agreement to Agree in Future
    - Counter Offer is Not an Acceptance
  - Communication of Offer, Acceptance and Revocation
    - Revocation of Proposal and Acceptance
    - Termination of Offer
    - Revocation or Lapse of Offer — Sec. 6
  - Offer and Acceptance by Post
    - Contracts over Telephone or Telex
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 3 Consideration
  - Introduction
  - Definition
  - Types of Consideration
  - Essentials of Consideration
  - Privity of Contract
  - No consideration – No Contract
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 4 Capacity of Parties
  - Introduction
  - Definition
  - Minors
    - Minors in Indian Law
    - Decision
    - Legal Decisions Constituting Necessities
    - Liability of the Minor for Torts and Crimes
  - Persons of Unsound Mind
    - Idiocy
    - Lunacy
    - Drunken Persons
  - Disqualified Persons
    - Aliens
    - Foreign Sovereigns
    - Statutory Corporations
    - Married Women
    - Insolvent Person
    - Convicts
    - Professionals
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 5 Free Consent
  - Introduction
  - Free Consent
  - Coercion
    - Essentials of Coercion
    - Burden of Proof
    - Duress
    - Effect of Coercion
  - Undue influence
    - Essentials of Undue Influence
    - Undue Influence–Consequences
    - Defences Available against Undue Influence
    - Pardanashin Women
  - Fraud
    - Elements of Fraud
    - Mere Silence is not Fraud
    - Fraud—Consequences
  - Misrepresentation
    - Essentials of Misrepresentation
    - Consequences of Misrepresentation
  - Mistake
    - Mistake of Law
    - Mistake of Fact
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 6 Legality of Object and Consideration
  - Introduction
  - Agreements against Public Policy
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 7 Void Agreements
  - Introduction
  - Classification of Unlawful Agreements
  - Agreements in Restraint of Trade
  - Agreements in Restraint of Legal Proceedings
    - Exceptions
    - Uncertain Agreements
  - Wagering Agreements
    - Essentials of Wagering Agreements
    - Effects of Wagering Agreements
  - Agreements Contingent on Impossible Events [Sec. 36]
  - Agreement to Agree in Future
  - Illegal Agreement
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 8 Contingent and Quasi-contracts
  - Definition
  - Essentials of Contingent Contracts
    - Rules Regarding Enforcement of Contingent Contracts (Secs. 32 - 36)
  - Quasi-Contracts
    - Quantum Meruit
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 9 Performance of Contracts
  - Introduction
  - Tender
    - Essentials of a Valid Tender Performance
    - By Whom must the Contracts be Performed?
    - Performance of Reciprocal Promise (Secs. 51 – 54 and 57)
    - Time, Place and Manner of Performance (Secs. 46 – 50 and 55)
    - Assignment of Contracts
    - Contracts Which Need Not be Performed
    - Who can Demand Performance?
    - Appropriation of Payments
    - Rule in the Hallett’s Estate Case
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 10 Modes of Discharge of Contracts
  - Introduction
  - Discharge by Performance
    - Tender
  - Discharge By Mutual Consent (Sec. 62)
    - Novation
    - Rescission
    - Alteration
    - Remission
    - Waiver
    - Merger
  - Discharge by Impossibility of Performance
    - Impossibility at the Time of Contract
    - Subsequent or Supervening Impossibility
    - The Doctrine of Frustration
    - Effects of Supervening Impossibility
  - Discharge by Lapse of Time
  - Discharge by Operation of Law
  - Discharge by Breach of Contract
    - Actual Breach of Contract
    - Anticipatory Breach of Contract
  - Termination by Material Alteration
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 11 Remedies for Breach of Contract
  - Introduction
  - Cancellation or Rescission
  - Restitution
  - Specific Performance
  - Injunction
  - Damages
    - General or Compensatory Damages
    - Special Damages
    - Nominal Damages
    - Exemplary or Vindictive Damages
    - Rules Regarding the Amount of Damages
    - Difficulty in Calculating Damages
    - Liquidated Damages and Penalty
    - Conditions Regarding Payment of Interest
  - Quantum Meruit
    - Contract not Enforceable
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 12 Indemnity and Guarantee
  - Introduction
  - Contract of Indemnity
  - Contract of Guarantee
    - Essential Features of a Contract of Guarantee
    - Extent of Surety’s Liability
  - Kinds of Guarantee
    - Specific Guarantee
    - Continuing Guarantee
  - Rights of Surety
    - Rights against Creditor
    - Rights against Principal Debtor
    - Rights against Co-sureties
  - Discharge of Surety
    - Discharge of Surety by Revocation
    - Discharge of Surety by the Conduct of the Creditor
  - Discharge of Surety by Invalidation of Contract
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 13 Bailment and Pledge
  - Introduction
  - Definition of Bailment
  - Requisites of Bailment
  - Does Deposit of Money Constitute Bailment?
  - Bailment and Sale
  - Bailment and Hire-purchase
  - Classification of Bailments
    - On the Basis of Charge
    - On the Basis of Benefits
  - Duties and Rights of Bailor and Bailee
    - Duties of Bailor
    - Duties of Bailee
    - Rights of Bailor
    - Rights of Bailee
  - Termination of Bailment
  - Lien
  - Pledge
    - Rights of Pawnor
    - Rights of Pawnee
    - Duties of Pawnor
    - Duties of Pawnee
  - Finder of Goods
    - Duties of Finder of Goods
    - Rights of Finder of Goods
    - Pledge by Non-Owners
  - Carrier of Goods
    - Meaning of Charge
    - Meaning of Mortgage
    - Sale Vs. Mortgage, Pledge and Hypothecation
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 14 Law of Agency
  - Introduction
  - Contract of Agency—Special Features
    - General Rules Regarding Agency
  - Classification of Agents
  - Creation of Agency
    - Rules of Ratification (Elements of Ratification)
    - Effects of Ratification
  - Liabilities of the Principal towards Third Parties
    - Named Principal/ Disclosed Principal
    - Unnamed Principal
    - Undisclosed Principal
    - Revocation/Renunciation
    - Termination of Agent’s Authority as to Third Persons
  - Duties and Rights of Principal and Agent
    - Duties of Principal
    - Rights of Principal
    - Duties of Agent
    - Rights of Agent
  - Delegation of Authority of Agent
    - Exceptions to the General Rule [Sec. 190]
    - Effects of Delegation of Authority
    - Personal Liability of an Agent
  - Termination of Agency
    - By the Act of the Parties
    - By Operation of Law
    - Effects of Termination
    - Irrevocable Agency
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 15 Formation of Contracts Under the Sale of Goods Act, 1930
  - Introduction
  - Contract of Sale
    - Sale
    - Elements of Contract of Sale
    - Making of Contract of Sale
    - Subject-matter of Contract
    - Distinction between Sale and Agreement to Sell
  - Sale and Hire-purchase Agreement
    - Essentials of Hire-purchase Agreement
  - Meaning of Goods [Sec. 2 (7)]
    - Documents of Title to Goods [Sec. 2 (4)]
  - Classification of Goods
    - Existing Goods
    - Future Goods
    - Contingent Goods
  - Price of Goods
    - Modes of Fixing the Price
    - Ascertainment of Price (Sec. 9)
    - Agreement to Sell at Valuation (Sec. 10)
    - Earnest Money
  - Conditions and Warranties
    - Stipulations as to Time
    - Condition and Warranty (Sec. 12)
    - Distinction between Condition and Warranty
    - Circumstances when a Condition can be Treated as Warranty
  - Implied Conditions and Warranties [Secs. 14 – 17]
    - Implied Warranties as to the Title and Possession (Sec. 14)
    - Implied Conditions as to the Description (Sec. 15)
    - Implied Conditions as to Quality or Fitness (Caveat Emptor) [Sec. 16]
    - The Exceptions to the Doctrine
    - Implied Condition as to the Mercantile Quality [Sec. 16 (2)]
    - Usage of Trade [Sec. 16 (3)]
    - Sale by Sample [Sec. 17 (1)]
  - Review Questions
- Chapter 16 Transfer of Property and Rights of an Unpaid Seller
  - Introduction
  - Transfer of Title By Non-owners (Secs. 27–30)
    - General Rule as to Transfer of Title (Sec. 27)
    - Exceptions to the Rule
  - Performance of the Contract
    - Rules Regarding Delivery of Goods
  - Rights of the Buyer
    - Acceptance
  - Rights of an Unpaid Seller
    - Rights of an Unpaid Seller against Goods (Sec. 46)
    - Stoppage in Transit
    - Rights of Unpaid Seller against the Buyer Personally
    - Auction Sale
  - Review Questions
Part - II COMPANY LAW
- Chapter 17 Nature of a Company
  - Company - Meaning
  - Company - Definition
  - Characteristics of a Company
  - Is Company a Citizen?
  - Lifting of Corporate Veil
  - Illegal Association
  - Kinds of Company
    - Classification of Companies
    - Association Not for Profit [Section 8]
    - One Man Company
  - Body Corporate
  - Special Privileges and Exemptions to a Private Company
  - Distinction between a Private Company and a Public Company
  - Distinction between Partnership and a Company
  - Advantages of Association Not for Profit Companies
  - Dr. V. Balachandran is formerly Registrar-in-Charge and Dean - Faculty of Management, Sr. Professor & Head, Department of Corporate Secretaryship, Alagappa University. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi. He has over 35 years of teaching and research experience. A prolific author, he has written books on GST, Office Management, Legal Aspects of Business, Economic and Other Legislations, Company Law and Secretarial Practice and Business Taxation.
    Dr. S Thothadri is Assistant Professor, PG & Research Department of Commerce, The New College (Autonomous), Chennai. He has over 22 years of teaching experience and is a prolific author of books on Business Law, Legal Aspects of Business, etc.