TABLE OF CONTENT CERTIFICATE; DECLARATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATION; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1:-INTRODUCTION ; 1.1 RATIONALE OF THE PRESENT STUDY; 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS; 1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY; 1.4 HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY; CHAPTER 2:- LIBERLISATION AND GLOBALISATION IN INDIA AND THE STOCK MARKET REVOLUTION; 2.1 NATIONAL STOCK FORMED (1992}; 2.2. OPTIONS PERMITTED (1995), DERIVATIVES ENABLE (2000) SECURITISED INSTRUMENTS ENABLED (2007}; 2.3 DERIVATIVE INCLUDES ; CHAPTER 3: COMPANY LAW PROVISIONS ; 3.1 SHAREHOLDER'S RIGHTS; 3.2 DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; 3.3 COMPANIES BILL 2012; CHAPTER 4:- THE INDIAN STANDARD OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ; 4.1 REGULATORY BODIES ; 4.2 SEBI's ROLE ; 4.3 CLAUSE 49 OF SEBI'S AGREEMENT; 4.4 THE NEW PROVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN CLAUSE ; 4.5 WHO IS AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR; 4.6 IMPACT OF CLAUSE 49 ON IT GOVERNANCE ; 4 .7 ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND STANDARDS ; 4. 8 FINANCIAL REPORTING AND OF DISCLOSURE ; 4.9 AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE ; CHAPTER 5: INTERNATIONAL STANDARD OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; 5.1 A MODEL OF ON ISSUES IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ; 5.2 THE CONDUCT OF THE HIGGS REVIEWS; 5.3 THE CONDUCT OF THE CABDURY REPORT; CHAPTER 6: A CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN INDIA- AN OVERVIEW; 6.1 RESPONSE OF SEBI; 6.2 CLAUSE 49 AND THE SATYAM SCAM ; CHAPTER 7: LATEST PROPOSAL OF COMPANY LAW BILL 2012; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY.