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MODULE 2: MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Directors/ Role of Directors:

1. Ferguson v. Wilson, (1866) 2 Ch. App 77: 15 LT 230
2. Tristar Consultants v. V. Customer Services India P. Ltd., (2007) 78 CLA 365 (Del)
3. Reliance Natural Resources v. Reliance Industries Ltd., 2008 82 SCL 303 Bom.

Duties of Directors:
4. Sangramsinh P. Gaekwad & Ors v. Shantadevi P. Gaekwad, AIR 2005 SC 809
5. Dale & Carrington v. Prathapan, (2005) 1 SCC 212
6. Globe Motors ltd. v. Mehta Teja Singh & Co., (1984) 55 Com Cases 445 (Del)

Proper Purpose Rule:

7. Howard Smith Ltd v Ampol Petroleum Ltd, [1974] A.C. 821
8. Eclairs Group v. JKX Oil, [2015] UKSC 71

Board Meetings:
9. Maharashtra Power Development Corporation v. Dabhol Power, (2004) 120 Com
Cases 560 (Bom)
10. T.M. Paul (Dr.) v. City Hospital (P.) Ltd., (1999) 97 Com Cases 216.

Powers of the Board:

11. In Re: Yallama Cotton, Wollen & Silk Mills Co. Ltd., (1970) 40 Com Cases 466
(Mys)
12. Brook Bond India Ltd. v. U.B. Ltd., (1994) 79 Com Cases 346 (Bom)

Diversion of Corporate Opportunity:

13. Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver, [1967] 2 A.C. 134 HL
14. Vaishnav Shorilal Puri v. Kishore Kundan Sippy, (2006) 6 Comp LJ 74 (Bom)

Business Judgment:
15. Cede & Co. v. Technicolor, Inc., 634 A.2d 345, 361 (Del. 1993)

Duty towards Shareholders:

16. Peskin v. Anderson, (2002) BCLC 372

MODULE 3: INSIDER TRADING

17. V.K. Kaul v. SEBI, (2012) 116 SCL 24.

MODULE 4: CORPORATE BORROWING, LENDING AND INVESTMENT

Debts of the Company:

18. Krishna Kumar Rohatagi v. State Bank of India, (1980) 50 Comp Cas 722
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Floating Charge:
19. Government Stock Co. v. Manila Railway, (1897) A.C. 81
20. Illingworth v. Holdsworth, (1904) A.C. 355
21. Narendra Kumar Maheshwari v. Union of India, (1989) 2 Comp LJ 95

MODULE 6: MINORITY PROTECTION

22. Foss v. Harbottle, (1843) 2 Hare 461

23. Menier v. Hooper’s Telegraph Works Ltd., (1874) 9 Ch. App. 350
24. Rajahmundry Electric Supply Co. v. Nageshwara Rao, AIR 1956 SC 213
25. Shanti Prasad Jain v. Kalinga Tubes, AIR 1965 SC 1535
26. Needle Industries (India) Ltd. v. Needle Industries Newey (India) Holding Ltd.,
(1981) 3 SCC 333

MODULE 7: CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

27. Miheer H. Mafatlal v. Mafatlal Industries Ltd., (1996) 87 Com Cases 792 (SC)
28. Hindustan Lever Employee’s Union v. Hindustan Lever Ltd., (1995) 83 Com Cases
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