https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96727 A court ordinarily cannot serve or enforce its process against directors outside its territorial jurisdiction unless a statute clearly authorises it, and the Code of Civil Procedure did not confer a general power for that purpose here. On that basis, proceedings could not continue against directors residing outside British India. By contrast, section 235 of the Companies Act permitted examination of a director's conduct in winding up and recovery of misapplied company assets. Because the company was registered in Bihar and the court treated itself as having jurisdiction over the company, it held that an inquiry could proceed against the Bombay-resident director in respect of payments made after the winding-up petition. en-us Mon, 20 Apr 1936 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:14:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96727 A court ordinarily cannot serve or enforce its process against directors outside its territorial jurisdiction unless a statute clearly authorises it, and the Code of Civil Procedure did not confer a general power for that purpose here. On that basis, proceedings could not continue against directors residing outside British India. By contrast, section 235 of the Companies Act permitted examination of a director's conduct in winding up and recovery of misapplied company assets. Because the company was registered in Bihar and the court treated itself as having jurisdiction over the company, it held that an inquiry could proceed against the Bombay-resident director in respect of payments made after the winding-up petition. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 20 Apr 1936 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96727