Chamber of Prakash K. Pandya

A selection of articles by Prakash K. Pandya published between 1999 and 2009 in professional journals and the press. Several were written under the Companies Act, 1956 and the SEBI regulations of the time. The law has since changed, so please read them as dated commentary and not as current advice.

Chartered Secretary (Institute of Company Secretaries of India)

  • Service Tax on Practising Company Secretaries, Chartered Secretary, June 1999, p. 642
  • Insider Trading Regulations, Chartered Secretary
  • Ombudsman – An Alternative Mechanism for Investors in Securities Market, Chartered Secretary, October 2004, p. 1503
  • Corporate Compliance Management, Souvenir of the 35th National Convention of Company Secretaries, Jaipur, ICSI, 2007
  • Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, Chartered Secretary, October 2009, p. 1417
  • The Designs Act, 2000, Student Company Secretary, December 2009, p. 7

SEBI & Corporate Laws (Taxmann)

  • Buy-back provisions of Companies (Amendment) Ordinance X-rayed, Vol. 19, 5 January 1999
  • Deemed public companies (Section 43A), Vol. 21, 5 August 1999
  • Comparison of guidelines for CAs/CSs posting particulars at a website, Vol. 31, 11 June 2001
  • Nidhis: Highlights of the Sabanayagam Committee report, Vol. 34, 19 November 2001
  • Company Deposits: A Study, Vol. 40, 23–29 December 2002
  • Issue of Indian Depository Receipts, Vol. 56, 15–21 November 2004
  • Corporate Governance Requirement under new clause 49 of the listing agreement, Vol. 58, 2005
  • Comments on Amendments to SEBI (DIP) Guidelines, 2000, Vol. 59, 11–17 April 2005
  • SEBI Act: Recommendations of an Expert Group headed by Justice Kania, Vol. 64, 14–20 November 2005
  • Concept Paper on Limited Liability Partnership, Corporate Professional Today (SEBI & Corporate Laws), Vol. 65, 2–8 January 2006
  • Meaning of ‘Professional Conduct’ under Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006, Vol. 69, 3–9 July 2006
  • The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2006 (Director Identification Number), Vol. 72, 18–24 December 2006
  • Digital Signature, Vol. 77, 6–12 August 2007
  • Board Meeting Notice in Electronic Mode, Vol. 79, October 2007, p. 158
  • Foreign Direct Investment, Vol. 85, 28 July–3 August 2008, p. 125

Chartered Accountants Today (Taxmann)

  • Office or Place of Profit – Section 314 of Companies Act, 1956, 16–28 February 2005, p. 449
  • Budget 2005: A Tabular Analysis of Budget Proposals – Direct Taxes, 1–15 March 2005, pp. 607–620
  • Acquisition of Foreign Security by Resident Employees or Directors: Latest RBI Guidelines, 2005, p. 772
  • Revision in Minimum Public Shareholding Requirements and Norms for QIB Participation in Book-Built Issues, 1–15 December 2005, pp. 805–807
  • Press Release 182/2005 – An Analysis, 1–15 January 2006, p. 136
  • Annual Report in Electronic Form (with Neha Mathur), 1–15 September 2007, p. 72
  • FDI in Indian Credit Information Companies, 1–15 April 2008, p. 609

Other journals and the press

  • Deposits Acceptance by Private Companies, Tax & Corporate Referencer, July 2002, 26 TCR (Mag.)
  • How a defunct company can be closed easily (special exit scheme), Mumbai Samachar (Gujarati), Business supplement, 2003
  • Maintenance of registers in electronic form and authentication of entries therein, [2006] 75 CLA (Mag.) 53, December 2006
  • Registers to be Maintained under the Companies Act, 1956, Corporate Law Cases, CLC/I/2007
  • Limited Liability Partnership Bill, 2006, Corporate Law Cases, CLC/II/2007, pp. 90–94
  • Corporate Compliance (monthly compliance calendar column), Corporate Law Cases, 2006–2007
  • Director Identification Number, Mumbai Samachar (Gujarati), 16 December 2006