Book review : Nepali companies over the years

Company Kanoon

Author: Bharat Raj Upreti

Publisher: Forum for Research and Development of Law (FREEDEAL)

Price: Hard cover Rs 1200

Paperback Rs 650

Kathmandu:

Prominent commercial law expert Bharat Raj Upreti’s book Company Law is now available in the market.

Published by the Forum for Research and Development of Law (FREEDEAL), the book describes the history and the development of the companies in Nepal. Upreti, who has three-decade long experience in the commercial law practice, has written about the history of some developed countries and compared them in the context of the development of company law here.

The book describes the legal provisions of setting up and liquidation and dissolution of a company, violation and remedy of the company Act. The author analyses the development of the current Company Act 2063 BS. The book describes how a company can generate capital and divide the income.

The author also describes some important theories relating to company Act — why a company should not buy its own share, why anyone should not help a person to buy the income of his company.

The book also describes the registration and operation provisions of a company and accountancy and audit process. It also describes how to dissolve and liquidate a company. The book is an authority for company law students and teachers, lawyers and judges and company members as well.