SLAPP- Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation

SLAPP- Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation 

SLAPP - Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation aims to intimidate and silence critics by compelling them to join a legal battle and restrain them from expressing a view similar to the one that initiated by SLAPP.

SLAPP is coined by University of Devner Professors Penelope Canan and George W Pring , and the same is detailed in their book The Slapps: Getting sued for speaking out ( 1996).

This was dealt in Khusboo v. Kanniammal 2010 (67), by Supreme Court of India , and the Court expressed that " the notion of social morality are inherently subjective and the criminal law cannot be used as a means to unduly interfere with the domain of personal autonomy.

ONE PERSON COMPANY IN INDIA- ISSN:2348-8212: Volume 2 Issue 4

International Journal of Law and Legal Jurisprudence Studies :ISSN:2348-8212: Volume 2 Issue 4

ONE PERSON COMPANY IN INDIA

by

Adv. Neha Yati, LLM Student, Dr.Kailasanat College, Ratlam, M.P.

&

Adv. Krusch. P A, Head-Legal, SFL, Coimbatore, TN.

ABSTRACT

One Person Company (OPC) is a hybrid of sole proprietor and company form of business; and the Limited liability being the precious legal invention in the legal history, the introduction of OPC in the Indian legal system is considered as the appropriate legislation to unleash the entrepreneurial talent of the emerging Indian businessmen, especially to the start-up ventures.

The article proposed dig into the emergence and development of the OPC world over as well as in India, and examines the concept of OPC which is set to organise the unorganised sector of proprietorship firms and other entities which will be convenient to regulate and manage with the emerging concept of OPC.

The article further intends to explore what is an OPC, the salient features of OPC, the privileges of OPC, who and how can an OPC get incorporated in India.

The pros and cons of OPC and its impact in Indian entrepreneurship along with a comparative analysis with sole proprietorship and private companies being analysed.

The last portion of the article examines the OPC from a critical analysis with its shortcomings and ambiguities.

Finally the article concludes with a balanced view, and end with a positive note as OPC is expected to be a big boon for small and medium entrepreneurs in India.