Legal Aspects of Business

Paper Code: 
CBBA 503
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
Unit I: 
The Indian Contract Act 1872

Meaning and Essentials of contract; Kinds of contract-Based on: validity, formation & performance, law relating to offer and acceptance & characteristics of consideration,

12.00

Competency to contract, free consent, Void agreements, performance of contracts: meaning, modes of performance, persons entitled to demand performance, discharge of contracts, breach of contracts.

12.00
Unit III: 
Special contracts

contract of indemnity: meaning, valid essentials, rights of indemnifier and indemnity holder.
Contract of guarantee: Meaning, valid essentials, kinds of guarantee. Bailment-features and types of bailment and Agency-concept ,types of agency.

12.00
Unit IV: 
The Companies Act 2013

Meaning and types, Incorporation, privileges given to independent private company,Memorandum of association and its contents , Doctrine of Ultra Vires ,Articles of association : features,contents of articles of public limited company, Position of directors.

12.00
Unit V: 
Sale of Goods Act 1930, Consumer Protection Act 1986

Sale of Goods Act 1930: Sale and agreement to sell, rights of unpaid seller.
Consumer Protection Act 1986:
Objectives, Consumer protection councils, dispute redressalagencies , district forum, state commission, central commission, differences, rights of consumers.

Essential Readings: 

1. M.C.Kucchal,&VivekKucchal: Business Legislation for Management, Vikas
Publishing House (P) Ltd.
2. Dr. G. K. Kapoor & Sanjay Dhamija: Company Law and Practice-A comprehensive
textbook on Companies Act 2013, latest edition, Taxmann.
3. Avtar Singh: Principle of Mercantile Law, Eastern Book Company.
4. Gulshan Kapoor: Business Law, New Age International Pvt Ltd Publishers.

References: 

1. Maheshwari&Maheshwari: Principle of Mercantile Law, National Publishing Trust
2. Rohini Aggarwal: Mercantile & Commercial Law, Taxmann.
3. Singh, Nirmal, Business Laws, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

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