Deposit of unpaid amount to credit of IEPF under section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956 - Violation thereof, prosecution for
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IEPF deposit compliance precludes prosecution for delayed deposits under the Companies Act when remedial deposit was actually made.
Companies that actually deposited the requisite unpaid dividends and related amounts into the Investor Education and Protection Fund within the prescribed remedial period satisfy the objective of earlier circulars and should not be prosecuted for delay; regulatory authorities should proceed with prosecutions only where no such compliance was effected and withdraw prosecutions already filed against companies and their directors that met the deposit requirement within that period.