The Objective of this course is to acquaint the students with the different types of laws, which a businessman is generally exposed to or is affected by. The course aims at exposing the student to the regulatory framework of the Indian business.
Specific Contracts:
Bailment: meaning, valid essentials, modes of delivery of goods, classification of bailment, duties and rights of bailor and bailee, finder of goods lost, termination of bailment, lien: meaning and types.
Specific Contracts:
Contract of Agency: meaning, essentials, creation and termination of agency, who may be an agent and principal, duties and rights of agent and principal, sub-agent, substituted agent, personal liability of agent.
Sale of Goods Act, 1930: contract of sale of goods: meaning, essentials, difference between sale and agreement to sell, classification of goods, effects of destruction of specific goods.
Transfer of property in goods: rules, transfer of ownership by non-owners.
Performance of contract: meaning, rules relating to delivery of goods, duties and rights of buyer.
Unpaid seller: meaning, rights-against the goods and against the buyer.
Remedies for breach of contract: buyer’s remedy and auction sale.
Consumer Protection Act, 1986:
Objectives, important terms, rights of consumer.
Consumer protection councils, dispute redressal agencies: district forum, state commission, central commission, differences.
Company’s Act 1956: Meaning of company, basic features, kinds of companies, promotion and incorporation, privileges given to an independent private company.
Case Studies
Essential Reading:
1. Datey, V.S., Business and Corporate Laws, Taxmann Allied Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
2. Aggarawal, Rohini, Student’s guide to Mercantile & Commercial Laws, Taxmann Allied Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
3. Kapoor, N. D., Elements of Mercantile Law, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi
Singh, Nirmal, Business Laws, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Gulshan, S. S., Business Law, Excel Books, New Delhi
Tulsian, P. C., Business Law, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi