CS Executive Company Law | Study Material | Virtual Book

This book is prepared exclusively for the Executive Level of Company Secretary Examination requirement. It covers the entire revised syllabus as per ICSI. This book aims to systematically represent the subject matter so that students do not consciously have to mug up provisions.

The Present Publication is the 5th Edition & updated till 30th November 2022 for CS-Executive | June/Dec. 2023 Exams, with the following noteworthy features:

• Strictly as per the New Syllabus of ICSI
• ['Topic-wise' Tabular Presentation] of the subject matter
• [Easy to Understand Language] used throughout the book for easy learning
• [Examples, Comments & Explanatory Notes] for complicated provisions
• [Most Amended & Updated] This book covers the latest applicable provisions and amendments under the respective laws
• Coverage of this book includes:
• Past Exam Question
• Solved Paper: December 2022 (New Syllabus)
• [Practice Questions] with Hints
• [Student-Oriented Book] The authors have developed this book keeping in mind the following factors:
• Interaction of the authors with their students, with specific emphasis on difficulties faced by students in the examinations
• Shaped by the author's experience of teaching the subject matter at different levels
• Reactions and responses of students have also been incorporated at different places in the book

The detailed contents of the book are as follows:

• Part A – Company Law, Principles & Concepts
• Introduction to Company Law
• Prospectus and Alteration of Share Capital
• Shares, Share Capital and Shareholders
• Membership
• Debt Instruments and Deposits
• Charges
• Distribution of Profits and Dividends
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Accounts, Audit and Auditors
• Transparency and Disclosures
• Inter-Corporate Loans, Investments, Guarantees and Security, Related Party Transactions
• Registers and Records
• Corporate Reorganization
• MCA-21 and filing in XBRL
• Global Developments
• Part B – Company Administration and Meetings – Law and Practices
• Directors
• Appointment and Remuneration of Key Managerial Personnel
• Meeting of the Board and its Committees
• Board Constitution and its Powers
• General Meetings
• Virtual Meetings
• Part C – Company Secretary as a Profession
• Legal Framework Governing Company Secretaries
• Secretarial Standards Board
• Mega Firms

About the Author

N.S. Zad

N.S. Zad obtained his Commerce degree from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and cleared the CS Final Exam in June 2005, conducted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has been teaching for the last ten years and has extensive teaching experience in various professional courses, including CA, CS, and CWA, at the IPCC/Executive and Final Levels. He has practical experience working with medium and large-sized organisations and firms of practising company secretaries.

He has written the following books, which TAXMANN publishes:

• CRACKERS for all subjects of the CS Executive Examination
• MCQs on Financial & Strategic Management Accounting for CS Executive
• Securities Laws & Capital Market for CS Executive

Divya Bajpai

CS Divya Bajpai is a distinguished Practising Company Secretary with a Commerce degree from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. She successfully cleared the CS Final Exam in June 2016, administered by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). In 2019, she was an active member of the Women Empowerment Committee of the Northern India Regional Council of ICSI.

CS Divya Bajpai is also a certified Trademark Attorney with extensive experience working with listed entities and organisations of varying sizes. She is a partner at MSD & Associates, a renowned firm of Practising Company Secretaries based in New Delhi.

Understanding the evolving needs of CS students under the new ICSI syllabus, she has authored several books for the CS Executive and Professional levels, as well as the CA IPCC and CA Final levels. Additionally, she has contributed numerous articles to the Corporate Professional Magazine, published by Taxmann.