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<h1>High Court rules District Magistrate lacked jurisdiction to summon individual in Companies Act contravention case</h1> <h3>Sudhir Ranjan Roy Chowdhury Versus NK. Mazumdar</h3> The High Court of Patna set aside the District Magistrate's order summoning Mr. Roy Chowdhury in a prosecution case against Eastern National Bank Limited ... Certain companies to publish statement in form in table of Schedule I The High Court of Patna set aside the order of the District Magistrate summoning Mr. Roy Chowdhury in a prosecution case against Eastern National Bank Limited for contravention of the Companies Act. The Court ruled that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction to summon Mr. Roy Chowdhury personally, as the penalty under Section 136 was against the company itself, a legal entity. The Court directed the Magistrate to take proper action against the company in accordance with the law.