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Trial Courts Can’t Add Accused Under Section 319 CrPC on Vague Grounds: MP HC

Corporate Law : In a landmark judgment, MP HC rules trial courts cannot accuse under Section 319 CrPC without clear evidence. Detailed analysis of...

March 2, 2024 1560 Views 0 comment Print

CLB’s power to set-aside Agreements/Contracts under section 397/398?

Company Law : There can be disputes between majority group and minority shareholders in any Company and these disputes come very frequently in c...

February 20, 2011 2002 Views 0 comment Print

CLB's power and responsibility under section 402 of Companies Act, 1956?

Company Law : In any litigation, the Court or the authority adjudicating the matter can pass interim orders and the matter will get finally disp...

February 14, 2011 5269 Views 0 comment Print

How to look at the issue of ‘membership’ under section 399 of Companies Act, 1956?

Corporate Law : Section 397/398 of the Companies Act, 1956 provides a relief to the minority against the majority if the majority indulges in the ...

January 17, 2011 2548 Views 0 comment Print

How to ascertain 'oppression' under section 397 of Companies Act, 1956?

Company Law : The study of various judgments of High Court and Supreme Court under section 397/398 of Companies Act, 1956 speak volumes about th...

January 15, 2011 2199 Views 0 comment Print


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ITR Alone Can’t Prove Low Income to Escape Maintenance; Wife’s Earning Capacity No Bar: Gujarat HC

Corporate Law : The court upheld ₹50,000 monthly maintenance after finding insufficient evidence of reduced income. It ruled that inability clai...

April 29, 2026 657 Views 0 comment Print

Mediation family settlement upheld as sum received under consent terms

Company Law : NCLAT Delhi held that mediation family settlement upheld since entire sum as per consent terms duly received. Accordingly, the app...

November 6, 2025 237 Views 0 comment Print

Andhra Pradesh HC Denies Police Custody in Rs. 8 Crore GST Scam Case

Goods and Services Tax : Read the detailed judgment of Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissing a petition seeking police custody for a TDP leader's son in an ...

March 22, 2024 918 Views 0 comment Print

Initiation of prosecution proceedings u/s 276CC in absence of any demand is unsustainable-in-law

Income Tax : Jharkhand High Court held that initiation of prosecution proceedings under section 276CC of the Income Tax Act in absence of any d...

November 20, 2023 2967 Views 0 comment Print

Deciding validity or otherwise of Gift Deed is outside the jurisdiction of NCLT

Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi held that the NCLT has no jurisdiction to decide the validity or otherwise of the `Gift Deed’ more so when `fraud’...

June 10, 2023 1311 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Posts in section 397

ITR Alone Can’t Prove Low Income to Escape Maintenance; Wife’s Earning Capacity No Bar: Gujarat HC

April 29, 2026 657 Views 0 comment Print

The court upheld ₹50,000 monthly maintenance after finding insufficient evidence of reduced income. It ruled that inability claims must be substantiated and cannot defeat maintenance obligations.

Mediation family settlement upheld as sum received under consent terms

November 6, 2025 237 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Delhi held that mediation family settlement upheld since entire sum as per consent terms duly received. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed.

Andhra Pradesh HC Denies Police Custody in Rs. 8 Crore GST Scam Case

March 22, 2024 918 Views 0 comment Print

Read the detailed judgment of Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissing a petition seeking police custody for a TDP leader’s son in an Rs. 8 crore GST-ITC scam case.

Trial Courts Can’t Add Accused Under Section 319 CrPC on Vague Grounds: MP HC

March 2, 2024 1560 Views 0 comment Print

In a landmark judgment, MP HC rules trial courts cannot accuse under Section 319 CrPC without clear evidence. Detailed analysis of the case and its implications.

Initiation of prosecution proceedings u/s 276CC in absence of any demand is unsustainable-in-law

November 20, 2023 2967 Views 0 comment Print

Jharkhand High Court held that initiation of prosecution proceedings under section 276CC of the Income Tax Act in absence of any demand, as demand adjusted against refund, is bad-in-law and liable to be set aside.

Deciding validity or otherwise of Gift Deed is outside the jurisdiction of NCLT

June 10, 2023 1311 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Delhi held that the NCLT has no jurisdiction to decide the validity or otherwise of the `Gift Deed’ more so when `fraud’ and `coercion’ is alleged.

Arbitrary valuation of shares not justified if shareholders succeeded in demonstrating oppression

April 10, 2013 2727 Views 0 comment Print

It was observed by the CLB that if the Appellants failed to cooperate with NHEL for the determination of the value of the occupied premises, including land, plant and machinery and do not accept the fair value of the assets determined, the petition shall be deemed to have been dismissed. The impugned order thus makes it impossible for the Appellants to even question the valuation. Having succeeded in demonstrating oppression by the Respondents, the Appellants cannot be compelled to accept an arbitrary and unilateral determination of the fair value by the Respondents not based on any sound financial and accounting principles. The remedy provided by the CLB has thus been rendered illusory.

To file petition U/s. 397/398 petitioner must be shareholder on the date of petition

February 10, 2013 7906 Views 0 comment Print

The issues regarding genuineness of the sale deed, undervaluation, etc. are beyond the purview of instant CP, since a consideration of oppression and mismanagement arises only if the petitioners are found to be shareholders of the company. That issue being held against them the other issues pleaded in the CP do not arise. The petitioners have approached the Bench with unclean hands and they are not entitled to any equitable reliefs. The attempt of the petitioners to re-agitate the concluded issues is nothing but an abuse of the process of the Court. The company petition is devoid of any merits.

CLB can allow amendment to petition filed u/s. 397 & 398, if it isn’t prejudicial to parties

January 22, 2013 5282 Views 0 comment Print

CLB has rendered a finding that the application for amendment was allowed for determination of the issues between the parties and for the purpose of framing issues for avoiding multiplicity of litigations.

Bona fide disputed debt cannot be adjudicated in winding up proceedings

January 20, 2013 1020 Views 0 comment Print

The appellant may have a very good case on merits and would possibly be able to establish in an appropriate proceeding that the respondent have acted in a fraudulent manner and defrauded him to Rs. 2 crore. However, in proceedings for winding up the company, the Court cannot adjudicate upon a bona fide disputed debt. It is well settled principle of company law that wherever there is a bona fide disputed debt, the petition for winding up of a company is not appropriate remedy to enforce the debt. In the circumstances, no fault is found with the order of the Single Judge. Accordingly, the appeal is to be dismissed.

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