OPINION
COMPANY LAW
Amendment to Companies Act — Should reflect the spirit of times
That the proposed amendment of the Companies Act, 1956 envisages fewer sections, instead of more, is welcome in itself. In all other areas too, the new Act should reflect the spirit of the times — a liberalised regime and voluntary compliance c onsistent with sufficient safeguards to protect public interest, says R. Parthasarathy.
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EDITORIAL
Not a core solution
ALL THAT CAN be said of the proposal initiated by the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, on the use of foreign exchange reserves for giving a thrust to investments in infrastructure projects is that it is a solution ...
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COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Omissions in the commissions
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up and set to true time. Henry Ward Beecher IN INDIA, the third arm of the state is in ...
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HEALTH
Asbestos: Housed in controversies
ARE chrysotile asbestos (or white asbestos) products hazardous to health? The Chrysotile Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association (CACPMA) asserts that they are not. Mr Arun Saraf, Chairman of CACPMA, has ...
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POLITICS
Can Parliament avoid a winter of discord?
THE signs are ominous. The gathering political clouds point to a winter session of Parliament not free from discord and discontent. By any reckoning, it is poised to be a politically heated session beginning December 1. ...
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IPR
TRIPS: Patently challenging
THERE have been significant efforts to harmonise national laws on intellectual property rights through multilateral agreements. The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is one such agreement born out of ...
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CONSUMERISM
Consumers unite!
IT is a call specially directed to consumers in India, since they are often left in the lurch when they most need help. One looks in vain in India for the kind of sustained activism that consumers and their associations ...
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