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2016
(Section-A)
Q.1. Define a debenture. What are the usual features of debentures?
Q.2. What do you mean by “Sweat Equity Shares”?
Q.3. Distinguish between share certificate and share warrant.
Q.4. Distinguish between Public Company and Private Company.
Q.5. State powers and duties of Auditor of Company.
(Section-B)
Q.6. Explain the principle of independent corporate existence with case law.
Q.7. State the golden rule which must be observed while framing a prospectus?
Q.8. What do you understand by “Memorandum of Association”? Distinguish between “Memorandum of Association” and “Article of Association”.
(Section-C)
Q.9. Discuss the doctrine of Indoor management with exception.
Q.10. What is the winding up of the company? Explain the procedure for voluntarily winding up of the company. Also discuss the powers of the official liquidator under compulsory winding up.
Q.11. Explain the rule in Foss versus Harbottle. What are its exceptions? Discuss.
Q.12. Explain the different kinds of meetings held by a Company? What is the importance of an annual general meeting?
Q.13. Distinguish between a member and a shareholder. What is the procedure for issuance and allotment of shares well as forfeiture of shares? Discuss.
2017
(Section-A)
Q.1. Doctrine of Constructive notice.
Q.2. Rule of Majority
Q.3. Share Capital
Q.4. Annual General Meeting
Q.5. Modes of winding up of company
(Section-B)
Q.6. What do you understand about the “Memorandum of Association” of a company?
Q.7. Discuss different kinds of shares.
Q.8. Discuss briefly the powers, functions and position of director in a company.
(Section-C)
Q.9. Explain the statutory requirement for the registration of a company and also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of incorporation of a company.
Q.10. What is the Doctrine of “Indoor Management”? Discuss with the help of decided cases.
Q.11. Discuss the rules laid down in the important case of Foss v Harbottle.
Q.12. Discuss the Doctrine of “ultra vires” in company Law with reference to cases decided by the Indian Courts.
Q.13. What is ‘Prospectus’? Who is liable for a misstatement in a prospectus?
2018
(Section-A)
Q.1. Annual General meeting
Q.2. Who may be a member of a company?
Q.3. Different kinds of Company
Q.4. Write a short note on Dividend
Q.5. Reduction of Share Capital
(Section-B)
Q.6. What is the difference between a shareholder and a debenture holder? Explain.
Q.7. What do you mean by the doctrine of Indoor Management?
Q.8. ‘Prospectus must state the truth and nothing but truth.’ Do you agree with the statement?
(Section-C)
Q.9. State the circumstances under which the corporate veil of a company is lifted and separate legal existence of it is ignored.
Q.10. How directors of a company can be appointed? Discuss the provisions relating to removal of the directors.
Q.11. What do you understand about the rule of majority? Discuss the circumstances when this rule is discarded for the protective minority of shareholders. Refer to case law.
Q.12. When can the court order winding up of a company on just and equitable grounds?
Q.13. Distinguish between “Memorandum of Association” and “Article of Association”. Explain their contents.
2019
(Section-A)
Q.1. Forfeiture of shares
Q.2. Holding Company
Q.3. Prospectus
Q.4. Minimum Subscription
Q.5. One person Company
(Section-B)
Q.6. What is the doctrine of ‘Indoor Management’.
Q.7. State the fact and legal principle established in “Aishbury Railway Carriage and Iron Comp. ltd. Vs. Riche (1875) CR 7 HL 653’.
Q.8. Distinguish between ‘Public and Private Company’.
(Section-C)
Q.9. Discuss the remedies available to the oppressed minority against oppression and mis-management under the companies act.
Q.10. State the power and duties of Directors as laid down in Indian Companies Act.
Q.11. What do you understand by ‘Memorandum of Association’.Briefly state its various clauses and also write a difference from ‘Article of Association’.
Q.12. What do you mean by meeting ? Discuss the kinds of meeting under the Companies Act, 2013.
Q.13. Who are liable for mis-statement in the prospectus? Explain the extent of civil and criminal liability for such mis-statement.
2022
(Section-A)
Define Following
Q.1. Foreign Company
Q.2. Reconstruction
Q.3. Board Meeting
Q.4. Pre-emptive rights
Q.5. Dissolution
(Section-B)
Q.6. Discuss the facts and decision of the Salomon Vs. Salomon and Co. Ltd case.
Q.7. Why is the appointment of independent directors made by the company?
Q.8. Doctrine of Indoor management is an exception to doctrine of constructive notice. Discuss.
(Section-C)
Q.9. Discuss the civil and criminal liability for mis-managment in prospectus.
Q.10. Reduction in share capital is made with or without approval of tribunal Comment.
Q.11. Discuss with exceptions the rule propounced in the case of Foss vs. Harbottle.
Q.12. In what circumstances is the lifting of the corporate veil done?
Q.13. What are the producer companies? What is the purpose of a producer company?
2023
(Section-A)
Q.1. What do you mean by Public Company?
Q.2. What do you mean by Prospectus of the Company?
Q.3. What do you mean by Debentures?
Q.4. What is the effect of Certificate of Incorporation?
Q.5. What do you mean by Holding Company and Subsidiary Company?
(Section-B)
Q.6. Discuss about the kinds of Share-capital.
Q.7. Discuss the disqualifications of the Director.
Q.8. What do you mean by Doctrine of Ultra-Vires?
(Section-C)
Q.9. What do you mean by Company? What are the types of Company? What is the difference between a private company and public company?
Q.10. What is the “Doctrine of Indoor Management”?
Q.11. Discuss the rule of lifting of Corporate Veil in Detail.
Q.12. What do you mean by winding up of the Company and what are the grounds of winding up of the Company?
Q.13. What do you mean by Board of Directors of the company and what are the powers of Board Directors of the Company?
2024
(Section-A)
Q.1. What do you mean by Private Company?
Q.2. What do you mean by Govt. Company?
Q.3. What do you mean by called up capital?
Q.4. What do you mean by corporation?
Q.5. What do you mean by one person company?
(Section-B)
Q.6. Differentiate between Private Company and Public Company.
Q.7. Discuss the kinds of Share Capital.
Q.8. Discuss criminal liability of the company.
(Section-C)
Q.9. “Company is a legal Person.” Discuss it with the help of leading case laws.
Q.10. Discuss the Doctrine of lifting of corporate veil with the case laws.
Q.11. Discuss the principle of majority and what are its exceptions?
Q.12. What do you mean by “memorandum of Association”. Point out essential contents. Distinguish between Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association.
Q.13. What do you mean by share? What are the types of Share? Discuss in detail?
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