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Issues: (i) Whether the suit was maintainable in the High Court and whether the civil court had jurisdiction in view of the statutory framework governing the rehabilitation proceedings. (ii) Whether the reduction of paid-up share capital under the rehabilitation scheme had crystallized so as to entitle the plaintiff to declaration and injunction against the defendant.
Issue (i): Whether the suit was maintainable in the High Court and whether the civil court had jurisdiction in view of the statutory framework governing the rehabilitation proceedings.
Analysis: The suit was held to be within territorial jurisdiction and within limitation. Although proceedings under the rehabilitation regime had abated on repeal of the earlier statute, the scheme continued to operate and the proper forum for implementation issues had shifted under the later insolvency framework. At the same time, the civil court was not treated as barred from entertaining a declaratory dispute between the company and an individual shareholder, since the statutory authority under the later framework could not grant the declaratory relief sought inter se the parties.
Conclusion: The suit was held to be maintainable.
Issue (ii): Whether the reduction of paid-up share capital under the rehabilitation scheme had crystallized so as to entitle the plaintiff to declaration and injunction against the defendant.
Analysis: The reduction of share capital was not effected by the ordinary procedure under company law but as part of a rehabilitation scheme sanctioned for revival of the company. Such a reduction was treated as a contingent step dependent on successful implementation of the scheme and remained open to modification until the scheme was fully worked out. Since the plaintiff's asserted right had not crystallized into a final and enforceable entitlement, declaratory relief under the Specific Relief Act was not available, and the consequential injunction also could not be granted.
Conclusion: The plaintiff was not entitled to the declaration or injunction sought.
Final Conclusion: The suit failed because the claimed right arising from the rehabilitation scheme had not become final or crystallized, and the reliefs sought could not be granted on that basis.
Ratio Decidendi: A reduction of share capital effected through a rehabilitation scheme does not attain finality until the scheme is successfully implemented, and a declaration cannot be granted in respect of such a contingent right.
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