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Legal Framework for Business
Course Outcomes (COs):
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Course Outcomes |
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On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CO 169: Describe the key terms involved in each Act CO 170: Summarize the key legal provisions of each Act. CO 171: Illustrate the use of the Acts in common business situations. CO 172: Outline the various facets of basic case laws of each Act. CO 173: Understand the legal and managerial perspective of each act. CO 174: Analyze the use of companies act in business. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures using whiteboards, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching, Quiz. Learning activities for the students: Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Solving problems of unsolved questions, Problem based learning-cases, Group learning teamwork, Giving Tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Contract: - Meaning of contract, Types, Essentials of Valid Contract,
Void agreements: Meaning, Types. Proposal and Acceptance: Meaning, legal rules as to the offer Contractual capacity: Meaning, Minors (effects of minor’s agreements), Person of unsound mind, Free consent. Consideration: Meaning, legal rules, privity of contract, Legality of object.
Meaning, Valid essentials, Rules as to the enforcement of contingent contract
Performance of contract: Meaning, Modes of performance,
Discharge of contract: modes of discharge of contract, Remedies and types of breach of contract. Contract of Indemnity and Guarantee, Contract of Bailment and Pledge, Quasi Contracts Contract of Agency: meaning, essentials, creation and termination of agency
Contract of sale, Meaning and difference between sale and agreement to sell,Conditions and warranties,Transfer of ownership in goods including sale by non-owners, Performance of contract of sale, Unpaid seller- meaning and rights of an unpaid seller against the goods and the buyer.
Meaning, nature of partnership firm, partnership deed, Registration, types of partners, Mutual Rights and duties, reconstitution of the firm.
Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008: Silent features of LLP, Preliminary, Nature of LLP, Incorporation of LLP Partnership and Incidental Matters, Partners and their relations, Extent and limitation of LLP and ITS Partners, Financial Disclosures, Winding up and Dissolution.
Formation of company, Incorporation, MOA, AOA, Prospectus, Statement in lieu of prospectus ,Shares, Debentures, Appointment, Directors and Powers, Meetings- Proceedings, Winding up (Voluntary, under court’s supervision), Silent Features of Companies Act 2013.
*Case studies related to entire topics are to be taught.
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
- Singh Avtar, Indian Company Law, Eastern Book Company
- Aggarawal, Rohini, Student’s guide to Mercantile & Commercial Laws, Taxmann Allied Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
- Kapoor, N. D., Elements of Mercantile Law, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi
- Tulsian, P. C., Business Law, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2006.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
· Datey, V.S., Business and Corporate Laws, Taxmann Allied Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
· Singh, Nirmal, Business Laws, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
· Gulshan, S. S., Business Law, Excel Books, New Delhi
· Krishnamurti D S R, Company Law, Taxmann, New Delhi, 2007
E-RESOURCES:
· Business Law Essentials https://d3bxy9euw4e147.cloudfront.net/oscms- prodcms/media/documents/Business_Law_I_Essentials_-_WEB.pdf
JOURNALS:
· IUP Journal of Systems Management
