Availability of name-Instructions regarding.Instruction No.8 of the Guiding instructions circulated vide this Department’s letter No. 10(1)-RS/65 dated 27.11.1965 provides that a name in the category mentioned below will not generally be made available
General Circular No. 24/2001
No.5/46/2001-CL.V
No.27/12/2001-CL.III
Government of India
Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
Department of Company Affairs
Shastri Bhawan, 5th Floor, “A” Wing,
Dr. R. P. Road, New Delhi-110 001
Dated: 21st November, 2001
To
All Registrar of Companies
Subject: Availability of name-Instructions regarding.
Sir,
Instruction No.8 of the Guiding instructions circulated vide this Department’s letter No. 10(1)-RS/65 dated 27.11.1965 provides that a name in the category mentioned below will not generally be made available:-
“If it attracts the provisions of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 as amended from time to time i.e., use of improper names, prohibited under this Act.”
2. It is observed from a communication received from the Department of Consumer Affairs that the above said instructions are not being followed scrupulously.
3. The ROCs are advised to take into account the provisions of the above-said Emblems & Names Act while making names available to companies under the Companies Act, 1956.
4. All the ROCs are requested to adhere to the above instructions for strict compliance.
Yours faithfully,
(Thakur Sharan)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tel. Ph. No. 338 9622
