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Scope of Work:- The Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 suggested the creation of a national tribunal would look into most corporate matters in the country. It will be responsible for handling all pending matters before the Company Law Board, the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) and the corporate benches of the High Courts, apart from handling new cases.
The ministry of corporate affairs has begun discussions with the law ministry to incorporate the suggestions made by the Supreme Court when it cleared the National Companies Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the Companies Bill that is with a Parliamentary Standing Committee.
The Companies Act, 1956, though it requires some reforms as mooted through Companies Bill, 2009, is one of the finest legislations. Each provision or the section under the Companies Act, 1956 has a sound logic though there exist very few sections which are to be deleted or modified suitably.
Everybody knows that the legislature has proposed to constitute a special tribunal to deal with the issues under the Companies Act, 1956 through Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002. The constitution of National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal is challenged by the Madras Bar before the High Court of Madras. Justice Jayasimha Babu of Madras High Court has passed a considered and laudable judgment while disposing of the Writ Petition filed by the Madras Bar challenging Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002.
The Challenge to the NCLT & NCALT: The five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India Justice KG Balakrishnan, Justice RV Raveendran, Justice DK Jain, Justice P Sathasivam and Justice JM Panchal has delivered its judgment on the legality of the constitution of National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal under the Companies Act, 1956 through Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002.
In a landmark judgment, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the legality of the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002, providing for the establishment of the National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to deal exclusively with the company cases for their speedy disposal.
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will deliver on Tuesday a much-awaited judgment on the formation of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The decision is unanimous and it comes six years after the court admitted the appeal.
Former Chhattisgarh High Court Judge Mr Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh took charge as the new Chairman of the Company Law Board (CLB) on Friday, four days ahead of the originally scheduled joining date. This follows a request by the Government as the presiding Chairman, Mr R. Vasudevan, was arrested on Tuesday by the CBI in a bribery case. The CLB Chairman’s post was held by bureaucrats for many years.
