BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. BOOKS

Abbot, K.R.A., Company Law, Hampshire DP Publications Ltd, Second Edition,

1986.

Akhileshwar Pathak, Legal Aspects of Business, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill

Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi.

Asok K. Nadhani, Business and Corporate Laws, BPB Publications, 2009 Edition,
New Delhi.

Bhargava, M.K., Companies Act, Taxmann Allied Services Private Limited, 1988
Edition.

Chakrabarti, A.M., Taxmann’s Company Law, Volume 1, Taxmann Allied

Services Pvt Limited.

Datey, V.S., Taxmann’s Business and Corporate Laws, 4th Edition, Taxmann
Allied Services Private Limited.

Datta, Datta On The Company Law, Eastern Law House, Calcutta.

Detailed Analysis & Commentary on the Companies (Amendment) Act 2000,

Snow White Publications Pvt Ltd, First Edition 2000.

Ghosh, P.K. & V. Balachandran, Company Law and Practice, Sultan Chand &
Sons, New Delhi, Fourth Edition 1989.

Ghosh, Indian Company Law, 12th Edition, Bharat Law House, Volume 1.

Gogna, P.P.S., A Textbook of Company Law, S. Chand & Company Limited,

Ram Nagar, New Delhi.

Governance, Business Ethics and sustainability, Professional Programme, ICSI

study material.

Gulshan, S.S. & Gulshan K. Kapoor, A Hand Book of Corporate Laws, S. Chand
& Company Limited, New Delhi.

Gulshan, S.S., Company Law, Excel Books, New Delhi, 2nd Edition.

Jain, N.K., Corporate Laws Administration and Management, Deep & Deep
Publications Private Limited, New Delhi
Kapoor, N.D., Company Law & Secretarial Practice, Sultan Chand & Sons, New
Delhi, Tenth Edition, 1989.

Maheswari, S.N. & Dr. S.K. Maheswari, A Manual Of Business Laws, Himalaya
Publishing House, 2008 Edition.

Ramaiya, A., Guide to The Companies Act, Fifteenth Edition 2001, Cumulative
Supplement Updating 2002 (June), Wadhwa and Company, Nagpur.

Reddy, P.N., Essentials of Company Law, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay,

First Edition, 1987.

Saharay, H.K., Company Law, 5th Edition, 2008, Universal Law Publishing
Company.

Saravanavel, P. & Syed Badre Alam, Company Law, Himalaya Publishing House,
Bombay, First Edition, 1995.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Disclosure and Investor Protection)

Guidelines, 2000.

Shah, S.M., Lectures on Company Law, Seventeenth Edition.

Sharma, J.P., An easy approach to company and compensation Laws, Ane’s

Student Edition, Ane Books Pvt Ltd, 2010 Edition.

Shukla, M.C., Company Law, S. Chand & Company, New Delhi.

Taxmann’s Master Guide to Companies Act, Taxmann Allied Services Private

Limited, 2001 Edition.

II. JOURNALS

Afra Afsharipour (2009) “Corporate Governance Convergence: Lessons from the

Indian Experience”Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, Vol.
29, No. 2, 2009 UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 181.

Agrawal, G.D. (2001), “The Companies Amendment Act, 2000 - An

Analysis”Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, pp 18–20.

Amit K Vyas (2006) “Project MCA-21: A Commendable Thrust towards

Company Law Reform”Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 4, pp 304–317.

Amit K. Vyas (2005) “The J.J. Irani Committee Report on reform of company
law: Pragmatic yet sweeping”Chartered Secretary, Vol. II, No. 7, pp 635–656.
Amit K. Vyas (2003) “Corporate Governance in India, Much Celebrated But
Hardly Implemented”Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXIII, No. 8, pp 1160–1162.

Anil Kumar (2007) “Audit Committee: A Cross Country Analysis,”ICAI Journal,

Vol. 56, No. 4, pp 574–585, Oct Issue.

Arad Reisberg (2010) “Corporate Law in the UK after Recent Reforms: The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly,”Current Legal Problems, Oxford University Press,
2010.

Swarup, B (2005) “Expectation Level vs Satisfaction Level”Chartered Secretary,

Vol. II, No. 7, pp 608–610.

Balakrishnan, R. (2009) “Corporate Governance – Induction of Directors,”SEBI

and Corporate Laws, Vol. 93, No. 7, 113–121.

Balakrishnan, R. (2006) “Corporate Governance-Clause 49 of Listing

Agreement,”SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. XVIII, pp 64–86, June Issue.

Balakrishnan, R (2006), “Whistle Blowing” SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 70

No. 8, pp 111–120.

Balasubramanian, N. (2005), “Corporate Law reforms in India; Management &

Board Governance-Two and a half cheers to the Dr. J.J Irani Committee”
Chartered Secretary, Vol. II, No. 7, pp 618–625.

Bhoomika Verma & Priyanka Rathi (2009), “Independence of Independent

Directors: A Mirage or a Reality? SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 96, 138–144,
Dec 2009.

Bhuwaneshwar Mishra (2005) “Whistle Blower Policy” Chartered Secretary, Vol.

II, No. 1, pp 39–42.

Bimal R. Bhatt (2007), “Corporate Governance - A Necessity?” SEBI and

Corporate Laws, Vol. 79 No. 10, pp 156–162.

Bruce E. Aronson (2005) “What Can We Learn from U.S. Corporate Governance?
A Critical Analysis” Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 2, 2005.

Chandrasekaran, S. (2006) “e-Governance + Corporate Governance = Corporate

Compliance” Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 7, pp 695–698.

Chandratre, K.R. (2004) “National Company Law Tribunal: An overview”

Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXIV, No. 6, pp 752–754.
Chao Xi (2006) “Search of an Effective Monitoring Board Model: Board Reforms
and the Political Economy of Corporate Law in China “Connecticut Journal of
International Law,” Vol. 22, pp 1–46.

Chaudhary, U.K., “Role of Independent Directors in Corporate Governance

practices”, Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 12.

Prahalada Rao, D.K (2003) “The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2003 - A Trend
Setter” Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXIII, No. 10, pp 1471–1474.

Prahalada Rao, D.K. (2007) “Related Party Transaction - An overview” Chartered

Secretary, Vol. IV, No. 1, pp 19–22.

Prahlada Rao, D.K. (2004) “A critical appraisal of attempt to re-codify company

law” Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXIV, No. 9 September 2004.

Dalton, D.R., Daily, C.M., Johns, N.J.L. & Ellstrant, A.E. (1999) Number of
Directors and financial performance: A meta analysis, Academy of Management
Journals, Vol. 42, pp 674–687.

Delep Goswami (2003) “Naresh Chandra Committee’s wake up call for prevention
of fraud in Indian Companies and prescription for better Corporate Governance”
Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, pp 40–46.

Dilip Kumar Sen (2005) “Governance, Directors and Accountants” Chartered

Secretary, Vol. II, No. 5, pp 429–431.

Dilip Kumar Sen (2010) “Corporate Governance norms for listed Indian
Companies – Have they changed Corporates”? SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 98,
pp 107–115, March Issue.

Gayatri, R. (2003) “Revamping of the Companies Act 1956 – A Critical Analysis”

Alagappa University, March 2003.

Giridharan, P.T. (2004), “New Dimensions to the audit of Corporate Governance,”

SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 49 No. 1 195–201.

Israni, S.D. (2007) “Compliances under Company Law” Chartered Secretary, Vol.
IV, No. 10, pp 1036–1038.

Israni, S.D. (2003) “Independent Directors - The new movers and shakers of the
Board? Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXIII, No. 8, pp 1153–1155.

Israni, S.D. (2008) “Companies Bill, 2008 – Blended Wine in New Bottle – Some
Issues, Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 12, pp 1722.
Iyer, V.L. (2002) “Passing of resolution by postal ballot” Chartered Secretary,
Vol. XXXII, No. 6, pp 863–871.

Iyer, L.V.V. (2005) “Is there need for a new Company Law? Business Line,
Tuesday, 21st June 2005.

Iyer, V.L. (2006) “Directors’ Responsibilities,” SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol.
66, pp 50–53, Feb Issue.

Jawahar Al-Mudhaki & Joshi, P.L., (2004) “The role and functions of Audit
Committees in the Indian Corporate Governance - Empirical Findings”
International Journal of Auditing, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp 33–47,

Jyoti Dhawan (2006) “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance in Large

Listed Firms in India”, The ICFAI Journal of Corporate Governance, Vol. 5, No.
3, pp 38–61, July 2006.

Kalidas, R. (2007) “Role of Internal Audit vis-à-vis Corporate Governance” SEBI

and Corporate Laws, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp 171–175.

Katharina Pistor, Yoram Keinan, Jan Kleinheisterkamp & Mark D. West (2003)
“The Evolution of Corporate Law a Cross-Country Comparison” The University
of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp 791–
871.

Kaushik Mukherji (2009) “Need of the hour – Truly Independent Company

Secretary” SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 96 No. 12, pp 123–125.

Kethan H Shaw (2005) “The role of modern Company Secretary in the Corporate
Governance Chartered Secretary, Vol. II, No. 4, pp 367–369.

Krishna Kishore, N. (2006) “Shareholder Activism in India: Short of Action”

Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 10, pp 946–952.

Krishna Murthy, T.S. (2001) “Company Law Changes – Groping towards better
Governance” Business Line, Wednesday, 10th January 2001.

Krishnamurthy, T.S (2001), “Company Law Changes – Groping Towards Better

Governance” Business Line, 10th Jan 2001.

Krishnamurthy, J. (2006) “Whistle Blowing - A tool for Corporate Democracy and

for Better Corporate Governance” Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 10, pp 941–
945.
Kumar (2006) “An overview of the Amendments to Companies Secretaries Act,
1980” Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 11, pp 1061–1067.

Madan Bhasin, (2007) “Using Dharma in Corporate Governance problem of

increasing transparency in Asia,” ICAI, Vol. 56, pp 661–672, Oct Issue.

Mahavir Lunawat (2006) “Changes in the new Clause 49 of Listing Agreement –

An Analysis,” SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 66, pp 36–41, Feb Issue.

Muthupandian, K.S. (2007) “Five Years of Sarbanes-Oxley Act,” The Chartered

Accountant, Vol. 56, pp 969–976, Dec Issue.

Narayanaswamy (2006) “Revised Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement - Some

issues arising out of” Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 3, pp 181–182.

Naresh Kumar (2008) “Independent Directors - Modification of clause 49 of the

listing agreement” Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 12, 2008.

Navrang Saini (2006) “ROC’s Perspective on MCA21” Chartered Secretary, Vol.

III, No. 4, pp 299–303.

Pandey, T. N. (2009) “A comparative study of provisions concerning Directors in

Companies under the Companies Act, 1956 and Companies Bills, 2009,”SEBI and
Corporate Laws, Vol. 95 No. 12, 133–143.

Pandey, T.N. (2003) “Naresh Chandra’s Committee on Auditor’s role in Corporate

Governance” Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4, pp 464–468.

Pandey, T.N. (2006) “SEBI needs to publish Annual Reports to show how its
efforts have improved Corporate Governance?” Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No.
8, pp 755–759.

Pavan Kumar Vijay (2002) “Holding Board Meetings through Video

Conferencing” Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, pp 97–101.

Prasanna P Krishna, (2006) “Corporate Governance – Independent Directors and

Financial Performance: An Empirical Analysis,” Indian Institute of Capital
Markets, Conference Paper.

Preethi Malhotra (2007) “Self Regulation is a dominant theme of the New

Company Law, Thursday, 15th February 2007.

Rabindra Nath Sinha (2003) “Companies Bill: Logic behind some provisions not
clear” Business Line, Wednesday, 4th June 2003.
Rajesh Chakrabarthi (2005) “Corporate Governance in India - Evolution and
Challenges” January 17, 2005.

Rajkumar Adukia (2005) “Walking the tight rope-raising the bar” Chartered
Secretary, Vol. II, No. 7, pp 605–607.

Rakesh Mohan (2009) “Corporate Governance : Points to Ponder” The Chartered

Accountant, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp 946–952, Dec Issue.

Ranjan Mukherjee (2006) “Briefing to the Non-Executive Directors for their

effectiveness” Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 9, pp 848–849.

Ravichandran, K.S., (2002) “A study on the effectiveness of the present system of

trial of offences under the Companies Act, 1956 in protecting public interest”,
Alagappa University.

Ravichandran, K.S. (2007) “Company Secretaries as Independent Directors”

Chartered Secretary, Vol. IV, No. 3, pp 241–242.

Ravichandran, K.S. and C.V. Madhusudhanan (2002) “Is Shareholders’

Democracy a Mirage?” Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXII, No. 3, pp 345–349.

Ravimohan, R. (2005) “Independent Directors: Are they the watchdogs for good
Governance?” Chartered Secretary, Vol. II, No. 7, pp 626–628.

Sanjiv Agarwal (2006), “Corporate Governance through Audit Committees” The

Chartered Accountant, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp 733–742.

Satheesh Kumar & T. Narayanan (2006) “Indian family managed companies: The
Corporate governance concundrum” ICFAI Journal of Corporate governance, Vol.
5, No. 2, pp 20–40.

Sharma, J.P. (2006) “Company Law Reforms – Some Recent Developments”

SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 67, pp 219–240, May Issue.

Sharma, J.P.( 2006). “Company Law in India is modeled on English Provisions”,

Vol. III, No. 1, pp 19–22, 2006.

Sharma, M.L. (2006) “Position, functions and powers of Board of Directors under
the Companies Act, 1956,”SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 66, pp 41–49, Feb
Issue.

Sheifer and Vishney, 1997,” A survey of corporate governance, Journal of finance,

No. L11, 1983.
Shirish Dabir (2006) “Directors and Officers Liability vis-à-vis adequacy of
protection under the provisions of the Companies Act, with focus on Corporate
Governance” Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 12, pp 1163–1165.

Sridhar, J. (2008) “Critical Issues Regarding Director (Chapter XI) in Companies

Bill, 2008, Chartered Secretary, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 12, pp 1708.

Srivats, K.R. (2001) “Managerial Remuneration – Industry wants overhaul of

Company Law provisions, Business Line, Friday, 20th July 2001.

Sudheendhra Putty (2006) “Companies Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006 – An

analysis “Chartered Secretary Vol. III, No. 11, pp 1025–1026.

Sudheendhra Putty (2006) “Irani Commission Recommendation” SEBI and

Corporate Laws, Vol. 67, pp 131, May Issue.

Swati Mehta Mehta (2009), “The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000: Whether
cure or curse to investors vis-à-vis Corporate Governance” Company Law Journal,
June 2009.

Thatchinamurthy, M (1993) “A study on statutory reliefs’ for oppression and

mismanagement in Indian Companies Act 1956,” Alagappa University,

Thiagarajan, M.R. (2006), “Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2006” SEBI and

Corporate Laws, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp 21–26.

Troy A. Paredes (2005) “Corporate Governance and Economic Development”

Regulation, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp 34–39, Washington U School of Law Working
Paper.

Tuteja, S.K. (2004) “Empowering Audit Committees in India” SEBI and

Corporate Laws, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp 166–176.

Venugopal, S. (2006), “Changing role of Audit Committee in Corporate

Governance” SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 68, pp 41–49, May Issue.

Venugopalan s.,(2006) “The Nomination Committee and its role in Corporate

Governance” Chartered Secretary, Vol. III, No. 5, pp 418–421.

Venugopalan, S. (2004), “Audit Committees New Role” SEBI and Corporate

Laws, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp 180–185.

Venugopalan, S. (2006), “Training for Independent Directors,” SEBI and

Corporate Laws, Vol. 69, pp 44–46, July Issue.
Venugopalan, S. (2006) “Independent Directors - Certain Issues” Chartered
Secretary, Vol. III, No. 8, pp 760–762.

Vijaykumar Gaba (2004), “International Trends in Corporate Governance” SEBI

and Corporate Laws, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp 169–184.

Vivek Sadhale & Vikas Agarwal (2006) “MCA-21 and Companies (Amendment)
Act, 2006,” SEBI and Corporate Laws, Vol. 69, pp 71–76, July Issue.

III REPORTS
CII Code on Corporate Governance (1998)

Concept paper on Companies Bill 2004, Ministry of Corporate Affairs,

Government. of India.

Corporate Governance (Modules of Best Practices) 6th Edition, The Institute of

Company Secretaries of India.

Corporate Governance Voluntary Guidelines, 2009.

Discussion Paper on Corporate Governance in India. National Foundation for

Corporate Governance (NFCG) 2004.

Dr. J.J. Irani Report on New Companies Bill.

Narayana Murthy Committee Report: Report of the SEBI Committee on Corporate

Governance (2003).

Recommendations of the Naresh Chandra Committee Report on Corporate Audit

and Governance (2002).

Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla Committee in Corporate Governance – Report of the

committee appointed by the SEBI on Corporate Governance under the
Chairmanship of Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, May 7, 1999.

IV. WEBLIOGRAPHY
• www.legalserviceindia.com
• www.caclubindia.com
• www.lawyersclubindia.com
• www.taxmann.com
• www.dateyvs.com
• www.indiacode.nic.in
• www.ssrn.com
• www.sebi.gov.in
• www.mca.gov.in
• www.economictimes.indiatimes.com
• www.hindustantimes.com