https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97798 Whether an order directing payment by persons on a list of contributories is within the High Court's ordinary original civil jurisdiction was the central issue; the court applied principles treating jurisdiction conferred by special statutes as ordinary when exercised as a right in a court of first instance and without discretionary preliminary steps, and concluded that liability adjudication under the Companies Act is ordinary, original and civil in character. Resultantly, such orders attract the longer limitation period applicable to ordinary original civil jurisdiction, and the execution application was within time. en-us Thu, 12 Oct 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:07:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97798 Whether an order directing payment by persons on a list of contributories is within the High Court's ordinary original civil jurisdiction was the central issue; the court applied principles treating jurisdiction conferred by special statutes as ordinary when exercised as a right in a court of first instance and without discretionary preliminary steps, and concluded that liability adjudication under the Companies Act is ordinary, original and civil in character. Resultantly, such orders attract the longer limitation period applicable to ordinary original civil jurisdiction, and the execution application was within time. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 12 Oct 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=97798