Retrospective application of beneficial circulars upheld, binding officers and granting post adjudication relief where adjudication occurred after cir...
Admissibility of Investigation Statements requires witness examination before the adjudicating authority; otherwise statements cannot sustain a penalt...
Transaction value and connected person treatment in excise valuation: proprietary concerns not inter connected undertakings, relief on valuation and c...
Appointment of Registrars as adjudicating officers under Companies Act reallocates territorial jurisdiction and sets appeal route to Regional Director...
Validation under Section 536(2) is exercised by the court to save bona fide interregnum dispositions: the court may "order otherwise" and validate transactions that are fair, expedient and in the interest of the company and its creditors, and the 2019 agreements were upheld on that ground. Insufficient stamping renders instruments inadmissible in evidence but is a curable defect and does not ipso facto render the agreements void, so the stamping objection was rejected. An irrevocable power of attorney creating an interest cannot be unilaterally revoked in liquidation and remained effective. External departmental correspondence did not nullify internal joint-venture arrangements acted upon and subsequently validated.
Validation under Section 536(2) is exercised by the court to save bona fide interregnum dispositions: the court may "order otherwise" and validate transactions that are fair, expedient and in the interest of the company and its creditors, and the 2019 agreements were upheld on that ground. Insufficient stamping renders instruments inadmissible in evidence but is a curable defect and does not ipso facto render the agreements void, so the stamping objection was rejected. An irrevocable power of attorney creating an interest cannot be unilaterally revoked in liquidation and remained effective. External departmental correspondence did not nullify internal joint-venture arrangements acted upon and subsequently validated.
Note: It is a system-generated summary and is for quick reference only.