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Issues: Whether the respondents were liable under section 235 of the Indian Companies Act, 1913, as persons who had taken part in the formation or promotion of the company or as officers of the company.
Analysis: Section 235 permits proceedings only against persons falling within the specified classes, namely persons involved in the formation or promotion of the company and its directors, managers, liquidators or officers. The evidence did not show that the respondents had taken any real part in forming or promoting the company beyond signing the memorandum and subscribing for shares. Mere subscription for shares, even if the money was later used for formation expenses, did not make a subscriber a promoter. Nor could a company broker, whose function was confined to dealing with shares and who had no part in management, be treated as an officer within the meaning of the section.
Conclusion: The respondents were not liable under section 235 of the Indian Companies Act, 1913, either as promoters or as officers, and the appeal failed.
Final Conclusion: Proceedings under section 235 could not be maintained against a mere broker or share subscriber who had not participated in the formation or promotion of the company and was not an officer of the company.
Ratio Decidendi: Section 235 applies only to persons who are shown to have participated in the formation or promotion of the company or who answer the statutory description of an officer; a mere broker or subscriber does not fall within that class.
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