A. Format of paper
The format of the paper shall be the standard format.
Four questions – each of 15 marks.
Question 1 compulsory-long answer
Question 2 compulsory- short notes
Question 3- Internal choice
Question 4- Internal choice
B. Indicative Topic Bank
Bearing in mind that this is the first examination for SYBAF- Company Law in Jai Hind college and the students do not have a reference in the form of previous years papers, the faculty has decided to give this ‘Indicative topic bank’. The 24 topic pointers listed below are not questions per se but indicative topics on which questions will be based. Please note that LONG ANSWER questions or SHORT ANSWER questions may be asked on the topics below in the Company Law paper for Jai Hind College SYBAF- semester 3 exams, 2011-12
CAUTION: As the title suggests this is merely an ‘indicative’ topic bank. This is not a exhaustive list of questions. The faculty reserves the right to and may ask questions in the examination that are not from the topics listed below.
1. Public and Private companies
2. Certification of Incorporation
3. Preincorporation Contracts
4. Liability of Directors/Promoters for misstatements in Prospectus
5. The Memorandum of Association and its contents
6. Doctrine of Indoor Management with Exceptions
7. Liability of Directors/Promoters for misstatements in Prospectus
8. Golden Rule as to framing of prospectus
9. Corporate Veil
10. “Promoters have a fiduciary duty”
11. The principle of majority rule in functioning of a company
12. Statement in lieu of prospectus
13. Share Warrants
14. Kinds of Preference Shares
15. Sweat Equity
16. Nomination and Transmission of Shares
17. Forfeiture of Shares
18. Position of Directors in a Company
19. Duties and liabilities of directors
20. Annual General Meeting
21. Statutory Meetings
22. Extraordinary General meetings
23. Notice of a Meeting
24. Distinction between a member and a shareholder.