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Issues: (i) Whether dismissal of a company petition for non-joinder of a necessary party should be sustained where the appellant seeks leave to amend the cause title to implead the missing party.
Analysis: The decision applies principles permitting amendment of parties to ensure disputes are adjudicated on merits rather than on hyper-technical grounds. The legal framework includes Order I Rule 9, Order I Rule 10(2) and Order I Rule 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure (procedural powers to add or strike out parties), the duty of tribunals under Section 424 of the Companies Act, 2013 to be guided by principles of natural justice and not be strictly bound by CPC procedures, and the protection of fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. In balancing equities the consequence of prior proceedings and any earlier procedural forfeitures was weighed against the need to allow effective adjudication between the rightful parties; therefore prejudice to respondents arising from prior procedural developments was addressed by permitting them to file their counter after the amendment.
Conclusion: The appellant is permitted to amend the cause title to implead the necessary party within two weeks; the impugned order of dismissal for non-joinder is modified to that extent and the appeal is disposed of accordingly.
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