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Laws & Business – A Compendium

6th Edition
Author
Dr. Anup Shah, Chartered Accountant
6th

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2

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201

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1500

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Book Overview

Laws and Business – A Compendium by CA (Dr.) Anup Shah stands as a definitive and thoroughly updated legal reference, tailored for professionals navigating the intricate legal terrain of India.

Since its debut in 2004, this trusted work has evolved in both breadth and depth, now featuring 201 meticulously curated chapters in two volumes across key legal domains — Real Estate, Civil, Commercial, Financial, Succession, and Criminal Law. Whether you’re a legal practitioner, academic, or student, this latest edition offers invaluable insights and practical guidance on the legal frameworks that shape both business and personal affairs in India.

A must-have for any serious legal library, the 6th Edition is more than just a book-it's a reliable partner in your professional journey.


Key Features
  • The 6th Edition of Laws & Business: A Compendium is a comprehensive reference covering important laws that impact business and professional practice in India. It serves as a ready reckoner for professionals, entrepreneurs, corporates, and students who need clarity on the interplay between law and business in a practical manner.
  • Updated to cover the latest amendments and judicial developments
  • Written by subject experts and practitioners with vast experience
  • Covers diverse areas of law relevant to business and commerce
  • Practical insights with illustrations, case studies, and guidance notes

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Index of Content

1. Introduction
Sec. I Real Estate Laws
2. Immovable Property Definitions
3. What’s in a name? Immovable or movable could be the same
4. Registration Act
5. Stamp Duty on Instruments of Real Estate Transactions
6. Stamp Duty Ready Reckoner
7. Stamp Duty: Exemptions
8. Stamp Duty on Conveyances – Across India
9. Deficient Stamp Duty – Cause for Imprisonment?
10. RERA: An Overview
11. Leases
12. Leave & Licences
13. Mortgages
14. RENT Act
15. FSI & TDR
16. Buying a Premises
17. Development Rights’ Agreement
18. Special Economic Zones
19. Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966
20. Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948
21. Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961
22. Port Trust Land
23. Slum Redevelopment
24. Coastal Regulation Zone
25. Foreign Investment in Real Estate
26. Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act
27. Sale of Shares of A Real Estate Company
28. Exchange of Property
29. Heritage TDR
30. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
31. Is Bombay a Bay?
32. New Construction in Mumbai
33. Property Tax
34. Part Performance of Contract
35. Real Estate Laws– Odds and Evens
Sec. II Civil Laws
36. General Clauses Act
37. Attachment of Property
38. Law of Insolvency
39. Married Women’s Property Act
40. Limitation Act
41. Gifts
42. Conditional Gifts
43. Conditional Gifts v. Senior Citizens Act
44. Gift of Foreign Securities
45. Release v. Gift
46. Can You Gift Without Giving?
47. Trust Law
48. Fraudulent Transfers
49. Power-of-Attorney
50. Special Marriage Act
51. Jointly Acquired Immovable Property
52. Euthanasia – The Right to Die
53. Sale v. Exchange
54. Trusts under a Will
55. Staying in Parents’ House – A Matter of Right?
56. Gratuitous Stay
Sec. III Commercial Laws
57. Essentials of a Partnership
58. Partnership Firm – Stamp Duty Issues
59. Dissolution of a Partnership Firm
60. Understanding Term Sheets
61. Reading an Agreement
62. Arbitration
63. Arbitration & Other Laws
64. International Arbitration
65. Arbitration Award v. Exchange Control Law
66. Arbitration Clause in Unstamped Agreement
67. Contract Act
68. Undue Influence and Free Consent
69. Minor’s Dealings - Major Implications
70. Doctrine of Force Majeure
71. Transfer of Movable Assets
72. Limited Liability Partnerships
73. Corporatisation of Firms
74. Stamp Duty on Chain of Documents
75. Court Auction Sales: Stamp Duty Valuation
76. Shops & Establishments Act
77. Maharashtra Public Trusts Act
78. Environmental Laws
79. E-Waste Disposal
80. WhatsApp as Evidence
81. Shareholders' Agreements
82. Sale Deed Sans Consideration is Void
83. Reconciling Inconsistencies in a Document
84. Contract Labour
Sec. IV Financial Laws
85. Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI Act)
86. SICA v. SARFAESI
87. SARFAESI v. Arbitration and Merger
88. SARFAESI Restrictions
89. Debts Recovery Act
90. Securities Laws - A Preview
91. Insider Trading
92. ADRs/GDRs
93. Preference Shares
94. Non-Voting Shares
95. Stamp Duty - An Overview
96. Stamp Duty on Movables
97. Stamp Duty on Mergers - Maharashtra
98. Stamp Duty on Mergers - India
99. Stamp Duty on Mergers Twice?
100. Research & Development Cess Act
101. Competition Law
102. SME Sector: Legal Overview
103. Business Restructuring: A Checklist
104. Maharashtra Money-Lenders Act
105. Repayment of Public Deposits
106. Hierarchy of FEMA
107. Foreign Investment Regime Rules

108. Penal Provisions of FEMA as Analysed by Courts
109. Are Options an Option?
110. Commodity Markets
111. Corporate Restructuring
112. Cross-Border Mergers
113. Cross Border Acquisitions
114. Intercorporate Investments
115. Layering under Companies Act
116. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
117. Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – SC’s Booster Shots
118. IBC v. RERA – And the Winner Is...
119. IBC & Moratoriums
120. IBC & Limitation
121. IBC & SC in Vidarbha Industries: NCLT may or Should Admit a Financial Creditor's Application?
122. IBC: Tax or Creditors – Who Wins?
123. Would IBC Prevail Over the PMLA?
124. Guarantors Beware
125. Lifting the Corporate Veil
126. Cryptocurrencies
127. OGCIs: A Few Changes But Lot of Confusion
128. Gifts From Gift City
129. Direct Listing of Indian Companies on International Exchanges
130. Debts & Their Treatment
131. Related Party Transactions: The Purpose & Effect Test
132. Global Sources of Fund Raising
133. Infrastructure Investment Trusts – Legal Overview
134. Liberalised Remittance Scheme
135. Slump Sale as a Tool of Restructuring
136. Audit Committee: Role and Responsibilities
137. NBFCs: Scale Based Regime
138. Debentures – An Analysis
Section V Succession Laws
139. Intestate Hindu Male Succession
140. Intestate Hindu Female Succession
141. Property held by a Hindu Female is her Absolute Property
142. HUF
143. Hindu Succession Act: Position of Daughters
144. Female Kartas
145. HUF Partition
146. Right of Women to Partition an HUF
147. Hindu Law: Rights of An Illegitimate Child in Joint Property
148. Gift by HUF of Immovable Property
149. Spes Successionis: Expectation of a Heir to Succeed to Property of Deceased
150. Repeal of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act
151. Wills
152. Will your will live on?
153. Registration of Wills
154. Nominee v. Will
155. Shares - Nominee v. Will: And The Winner is...?
156. Joint Holder v. Nominee
157. Nomination in a Flat
158. Bequests and Legacies under Wills
159. Limitation on Filing a Probate Petition
160. Cross-Border Succession: Indian Assets of a Foreign Resident
161. Cross-Border Succession: Foreign Assets of an Indian Resident
162. Genuineness of a Will: Supreme Court's Guidelines
163. Transmission of Tenancy
164. Can Agricultural Land be Willed to a Non-Agriculturist?
165. Law of Evidence Relating to Witnesses to a Will
166. Transmission Formalities
167. Succession Documents
168. Religion Conversion & Succession
169. Family Settlement
170. Stamp Duty on Family Arrangements
171. Hindu Minority Act
172. Hindu Adoption Act
173. Adoption and Inheritance
174. Maintenance of Parents
175. Maintenance under Hindu Law
176. Domestic Violence and Endangered Stridhan
177. Wills and Other Laws
178. Can a Step-Son be Treated as a Legal Heir?
179. Ancestral Property Conundrum
180. Relatives is Relative to the Act in Question
181. Shared Household under the Domestic Violence Act
182. Supremacy of the Domestic Violence Act
183. Hindu Law: Rights of An Illegitimate Child
184. Donatio Mortis Causa - Gifts in Contemplation of Death
Sec. VI Criminal Laws
185. Criminal Laws
186. Benami Transaction: Criminal Procedure Code
187. Maintenance under Criminal Procedure Code
188. Limitation Period for Economic Offences
189. S. 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act
190. Burden of Proof in Case of Cheque Bouncing Cases
191. Accounting Frauds: Prosecution under IPC
192. Penalties & Prosecution under the Companies Act
193. Compounding of Offences under Companies Act
194. Gaming or Gambling?
195. Sexual Harassment Law
196. Pyramid Schemes
197. Prevention of Money Laundering
198. Money Laundering Act: Arrest and Bail
199. Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance
200. Civil Suit or Criminal Case?
201. Directors' Responsibilities
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