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SYLLABUS

Corporate Legal Framework
Objectives: This course is aimed at teaching the laws within which any business in India is supposed to operate and which
defines the nature and enforceability of business transactions.

Sr. No. Topics

1. Laws of Contract: meaning, nature of Contract, elements of valid contract,
proposal, consideration, Laws of contract: Agreement declared as void,

performance of contract, Discharge of contract, remedies for Breach of Contract.

2. Consumer protection Act, 1986, FEMA Act, 1999,

3. Information technology Act, 2000, The competition Act 2002
4. Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881: meaning, types of negotiable instruments, rules

and regulations associated with the Act.
5. Indian Companies Act, 1956: Meaning, kinds of Companies.
6 Formation of Company: Documents related with incorporation:

Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association, and Prospectus.
7 Share Capital: Company Management and Administration, types of Meetings,

Liquidation of Company.
8 Industrial Law: Factories Act, 1948, Workmen’s compensation Act, 1923.

9 Employee provident fund Act, 1952, payment of gratuity Act 1972, minimum

wages Act, 1948, trade unions Act, 1926.
10 The Securities and exchange board of India: Establishment of SEBI, Powers and

Functions of SEBI.