Law of Investments and Securities · Semester 6

Law of Investments and Securities · August 2021

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Official previous-year question paper (PDF scan), OU LL.B. Year 3 Semester 2 (VI Semester). Download the file; question-to-topic mapping can be added later from this paper.

Osmania University · Faculty of Law

Law of Investments and Securities · August 2021

August 2021 · Law of Investments and Securities · Semester 6

FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) III - Year VI - Semester Examination, August 2021
Subject : LAW
PAPER - III (C) : LAW OF INVESTMENT AND SECURITIES
Code No. 7417
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80

PART - A (4 x 10 = 40 Marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following:
1. TER.
2. SARS.
3. Fungibility.
4. Depository.
5. SEBI.
6. Venture Capital.
7. Transmission of Shares.
8. NBFC.

PART - B (1 x 20 = 20 Marks)
Answer any ONE of the following:
9. Explain the SEBI as an effective regulator of capital market in India.
10. Explain the characteristics and objectives of investments.
11. Explain the functioning and administrative structure of stock exchanges under the SC(R) Act.
12. Explain the law relating to protection of Depositories under the Depositories Act.

PART - C (1 x 20 = 20 Marks)
Answer any ONE of the following:
13. When a shareholder of 'X' Company delegates the right to vote at an AGM to another person, what is
the legality?
14. X is the shareholder of Y Company. X insures the Steel Company in his own name. The Company is
destroyed by fire. Can X recover the loss?

15. X was bearer of a debenture of Y Company. He transferred the same to Y. The Company Y refused to
pay the amount with interest to him. Whether Y can claim it.
16. X is a debenture holder of Y Company but the company went into losses and was declared insolvent.
Advise what to do.

Note: Part A item 8 was faint in the source photo (read as 'NEFC', reconstructed here as 'NBFC' by
comparison with similar papers); Part C item 13's 'HGM' was also reconstructed as 'AGM'. Worth
checking against the original page.

Part A · 6 marks

  1. TER.
    Year and frequency →
  2. SARS.
    Year and frequency →
  3. Fungibility.
    Year and frequency →
  4. Depository.
    Year and frequency →
  5. SEBI.
    2× in bank
    Year and frequency →
  6. Venture Capital.
    Year and frequency →
  7. Transmission of Shares.
    2× in bank
    Year and frequency →
  8. NBFC.
    4× in bank
    Year and frequency →

Part B · 15 marks

  1. Explain the SEBI as an effective regulator of capital market in India.
    Year and frequency →
  2. Explain the characteristics and objectives of investments.
    Year and frequency →
  3. Explain the functioning and administrative structure of stock exchanges under the SC(R) Act.
    Year and frequency →
  4. Explain the law relating to protection of Depositories under the Depositories Act.
    Year and frequency →

Part C · 10 marks

  1. When a shareholder of 'X' Company delegates the right to vote at an AGM to another person, what is the legality?
    Year and frequency →
  2. X is the shareholder of Y Company. X insures the Steel Company in his own name. The Company is destroyed by fire. Can X recover the loss?
    Year and frequency →
  3. X was bearer of a debenture of Y Company. He transferred the same to Y. The Company Y refused to pay the amount with interest to him. Whether Y can claim it.
    Year and frequency →
  4. X is a debenture holder of Y Company but the company went into losses and was declared insolvent. Advise what to do. Note.
    Year and frequency →