https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96545 Section 270 of the Companies Act, 1913 was construed as requiring an unregistered company to consist of more than seven members at the date the winding-up petition was presented. The court treated this membership requirement as a condition precedent to jurisdiction, following the English authorities on materially corresponding language. A wider reading, under which a smaller partnership could be wound up merely because it otherwise fell within the provision, was rejected as inconsistent with the statutory wording and scheme. The contrary construction was held erroneous, and the appeal was allowed with the matter remitted for determination on the merits according to law. en-us Tue, 25 Nov 1930 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:57:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96545 Section 270 of the Companies Act, 1913 was construed as requiring an unregistered company to consist of more than seven members at the date the winding-up petition was presented. The court treated this membership requirement as a condition precedent to jurisdiction, following the English authorities on materially corresponding language. A wider reading, under which a smaller partnership could be wound up merely because it otherwise fell within the provision, was rejected as inconsistent with the statutory wording and scheme. The contrary construction was held erroneous, and the appeal was allowed with the matter remitted for determination on the merits according to law. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 25 Nov 1930 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96545