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Issues: Whether the Registrar of Companies could disqualify directors under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 and deactivate their Director Identification Numbers, and whether the petitioners were entitled to restoration of their right to function as directors.
Analysis: The disqualification of directors had already been examined in prior binding orders. The reasoning applied in the relied upon decision was that the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 do not confer power on the Registrar of Companies to cancel or deactivate a Director Identification Number merely because a director stands disqualified under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013. It was further held that Section 167(1) governs vacation of office and that a director of a defaulting company may continue to require a valid DIN to cure the default by filing the necessary statutory documents. The disqualification and the DIN issue were therefore treated as distinct, and deactivation of the DIN was found to be inconsistent with the statutory scheme.
Conclusion: The challenge to the orders and the consequential disqualification-related consequences was accepted, and the petitioners were entitled to the relief sought in terms of the earlier binding decision.
Ratio Decidendi: The Registrar of Companies has no statutory power to deactivate a Director Identification Number solely on account of disqualification under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, and such disqualification does not by itself authorise DIN deactivation where the statutory scheme preserves the need for a valid DIN to comply with filing obligations.
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