Book Talks@NLS Library | ‘Whither a Textbook? Method & Value in Avtar Singh’s Company Law’
Open to the public | Visitors can register here.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 5:00 pm
The NLSIU Library Committee is organising a book talk titled ‘Whither a Textbook? Method & Value in Avtar Singh’s Company Law’, co-edited by Saranya Mishra, Dharmendra Chatur and Siddharth Raja. The talk will take place on November 19, 2025, at 5 pm in the NLS Library basement.
Panellists
- Mr. Siddharth Raja, Professor of Practice, NLSIU & Senior Partner, Vertices Partners
- Ms. Saranya Mishra, Senior Associate, Khaitan & Co
- Dr. Sudhanshu Kumar, Associate Professor of Law, NLSIU
This event is open to the public. Please note, registration for members outside of the NLSIU community is mandatory to attend the event. Visitors can register here.
Abstract
The 18th Edition (2025) of Avtar Singh’s Company Law contains a few substantive and several incremental changes over the last edition brought out over six years ago. The fast-paced nature of the legal developments in the corporate and commercial law sector since the previous edition has necessitated this totally revised and completely revamped new edition of this book.
Why does this textbook merit a critical forum? First, to comprehend the fundamental reordering of this book with the presupposition that such a book must involve itself with a broader principles-based analysis of the company law. That is, the need for a focus on first legal principles coupled with legislative inputs and judicial interpretation and thus set it apart from other commentaries on company law that expressly treat the subject in a chronological, section-wise manner. The forum will also allow a discussion of how the editorial team could set aside, as much as practicable, a section-wise analysis and move the focus of the book back to the true and original intent of Dr. Avtar Singh — namely, a principles-based logical treatment, explanation, and analysis of company law, and how that shapes comprehension and teaching of the subject at hand.
The revised edition of this book contains — for the first time — a detailed and exhaustive “Introduction,” which is proffered as a must-read in order to establish the ‘legal method’ involved in reading, understanding, and appreciating company law. The critical relevance of such an introduction for students and for practitioners will also be discussed in the forum.