A debenture is a long-term security having a fixed rate of interest, issued by a company and secured against assets. It is a certificate loan where the company is liable to pay the loan at...
Features of a Company: The Basic Attributes

The Company Act, 2013 replaced the old Company Act, 1956 and brought about a number of changes.The new Act comprises of 29 chapters, 470 sections and 7 schedules while the previous Act had 26...
Due Diligence for Start-up and Entrepreneur

“Due diligence is mother of good luck” this statement was given by Benjamin Franklin and value of this statement can be seen in the start-ups these days. Before starting any business, it is very...
Employment Contract India

Employer-employee relationship is dynamic in nature as it not in constant state and keep changing. As the nature of their relationship changes the chances of disputed also arises. That is why there are many...
Disadvantages :- Sole Proprietorship Firm

The sole proprietorship is the easiest and least expensive way to start a business compared to partnerships and corporations. But because the owner and the business which is generally considered as the same entity,...
Documents Required For Patent Registration in India

Introduction Patent has become increasingly popular in India due to the rising intellectual property right alertness and startup India action plan. In startup India action plan eligible startups would receive 80% deduction in patent filing...
Dishonor Negotiable instruments

Introduction Negotiable instruments include bill of exchange, cheque and promissory notes, foreign instruments and negotiable instruments. It is defined under the act of negotiable instruments act, 1881. It is a kind of legal document or a...
Director of a Company

The term “director” has no specific meaning but is defined under Section 2(1) of the Companies Act, as follows: ‘director’ “includes any person occupying the position of director by whatever name called” He is the...
Process to Obtain Digital Signature

Digital signature is an electronic signature which is used in signing any electronic document. We can also understand it by saying that as to sign any paper we need hand written signature similarly to...
Violation Non-Compete & Non-Solicit Clauses

Violation Non-Compete & Non-Solicit Clauses In the present scenario, it is the urgent need for the enterprises to protect their knowledge i.e. company’s trade secrets, customer’s data etc. To protect the knowledge of the enterprise,...