https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97055 The statutory liability of a contributory on winding up can be enforced only through a Court-made call; the liquidator has no inherent power to make a call unless authority is conferred by rules or judicial delegation. A simple demand by the liquidator is therefore ineffective as a call. The text also distinguishes ordinary contractual debts from the separate statutory liability arising on winding up: unpaid pre-liquidation calls may be pursued as debts, but the statutory liability itself cannot be enforced by an independent suit. Where treated as a contractual claim, limitation applies and may bar recovery if time has expired. en-us Thu, 09 Mar 1950 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:00:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97055 The statutory liability of a contributory on winding up can be enforced only through a Court-made call; the liquidator has no inherent power to make a call unless authority is conferred by rules or judicial delegation. A simple demand by the liquidator is therefore ineffective as a call. The text also distinguishes ordinary contractual debts from the separate statutory liability arising on winding up: unpaid pre-liquidation calls may be pursued as debts, but the statutory liability itself cannot be enforced by an independent suit. Where treated as a contractual claim, limitation applies and may bar recovery if time has expired. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 09 Mar 1950 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97055