Tag Archives: State Bank of India

Is Bank a Company?


I received an interesting query on Quora earlier this month. Another day, another reader asked on WhatsApp why Registrar of Companies or Serious Fraud Investigation Office is not taking action against “PMC Bank Limited”. The reader was ignorant of the word “co-operative” in the name of scam-hit banks. Last year, one member/shareholder of the State Bank of India queried about compliance by the bank under the Companies Act, 2013.

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COMPANY UNDER IEPF RULES


Since the introduction of Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) in the year 2001, I have a keen interest in the law related to investor protection, particularly under the Companies Law. Presently, one of the significant but neglected features of the IPEF Rules is the definition of the Company. The definition has been amended several times to keep track of silent changes of several laws without much notice of the stakeholder.

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