NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY

BANGALORE
III YEAR IX TRIMESTER (MARCH JUNE) 2012
CORPORATE LAW I PROJECT TOPICS
S. No. Project Topic I.D. No.
1. Preferential allotment of shares Uses and abuses,
including an empirical study of a few recent
preferential allotments
1700
1702
2. Legal Personality of the commercial corporation- A
journey through history to discover its social,
political and economic dimensions in the modern
world
1701
1722
3. Tortious liability of companies: Jurisprudential
issues with reference to case law and legal writings
1703
4. The suitability of Anglo-American model of
corporate law in India
(Suggested Reference : Vasudev, P.M., Corporate
Law and Its Efficiency: A Review of History 50
Am. J. Legal Hist. 237 2008-2010)
1704
1711
5. Floating Charges : Registration and Crystallisation-
A study of jurisprudential issues with reference to
case law and legal literature
1705
1712
6. Government Company- Is it state for the
purpose of Constitutional Law
1706
1716
7. Group Companies- Analysis of the concept and its
implications in India, UK and US with special
reference to the following:
(i) Legal personality
(ii) Accounting aspects
(iii) Insolvency
(iv) Inter-corporate transactions


1707
1747
8. ADRs and GDRs: Legal nature and Regulatory
Regime
1708
9. Section 25 companies- comparison with bodies
formed under the Societies Registration Act
1710
10. The rules governing the maintenance of capital and
the exceptions thereto : A critical study with
reference to jurisprudential issues and case law
1713
1730
11. A critical study of judicial in-roads into the separate
legal personality of company
1714
12. Companies Bill 2011: A critical study 1715
1738
13. Legal regime governing acceptance of deposits by
miscellaneous non-banking companies. A
comparison with non- banking non- financial
companies

1719
1723
14. A critical analysis of the communitarian theory of
company- Should company law reach out to
protect the interests of stakeholders apart from
shareholders and creditors?

1720
15. The legal regime governing the structure, role and
functions of players in a Mutual Fund and their co-
relationship- How far the retail investor stands
protected?
1724
1745
16. Executive Board of the Methodist Church of India v
Union of India (1985) 57 Comp. Cas. 443 & T.V.
Krishnan v. Andhra Prabha (Pvt) Ltd. (1960) 30
Comp. Cas. 437- Are they conflicting?

1725
17. Company Promoter: Legal position, duties and
liability A critical study with reference to case law
and statutory material and comparison between
India and other common law countries

1726
18. Jurisdictional issues in company matters: The law
before and after Companies (Amendment) Act,
2002
1727
1737
19. Disclosure Requirements under the Companies Act
and other securities law statutes: scope, ambit and
efficiency
1728
1731
20. Contractual capacity of the company and authority
of its agents: Does it afford sufficient protection to
the company, investors and creditors? A critical
study based on jurisprudential aspects and case law

1732
1733
21. Formation of a public company proposed to be
engaged in the business of manufacturing
petrochemicals- Law and procedure including
drafting

1734
1735
22. Automatic self-cleansing Filter Syndicate Co. v.
Cunninghame (1906) 2 Ch. 34 - Jurisprudential
issues and its applicability in India

1736
23. Secondary Market from the perspective of investor
protection- efficacy of legal provisions (Group)
1740
1741
24. Amendment of the name clause and object clause-
Law and procedure
1742
25. Commencement of business by public companies
and private companies
1744
26. Table A articles- significance and applicability- a
Comparison between Companies Act 1913 and
Companies Act 1956
1748


(PROF. M.P.P. PILLAI)
Course Teacher