Company - Features, advantages and disadvantages- Legal procedures involved to form a company
Company or Joint Stock Company is a form of business which can be defined as a voluntary association of persons carrying on business with profit motive and having share holders as the joint owners of the company. It is ideal business model for starting a large scale business. Capital of partners is altogether called share capital of the company. A joint stock company is formed in India according to provisions of Companies Act, 1956. A company have a separate legal entity distinct from it’s share holders and is considered by law as an artificial judicial person. Perpetual succession is another peculiar feature of a joint stock company. A company also have a common seal of it’s own. Most important feature of a joint stock company business is limited liability. It means that liability of a share holder of a company is limited to the number of shares held by him in the company. A company have a board of directors lead by a managing di...