https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98258 A petition under sections 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956 must be verified in the prescribed form, but that verification is distinct from proof of the allegations. Rule 21 of the Companies (Court) Rules, 1959 allows statements based on information received and believed to be true, provided the sources of information and grounds of belief are disclosed. Order 19 Rule 3 CPC does not control such verification affidavits in the manner suggested. The procedural scheme also permits evidence to be received by affidavit or oral testimony at the hearing, so supporting material need not all be filed at the inception. An affidavit and supplemental affidavit that sufficiently disclose the source of information do not by themselves make the petition incompetent. en-us Thu, 07 Oct 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:27:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98258 A petition under sections 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956 must be verified in the prescribed form, but that verification is distinct from proof of the allegations. Rule 21 of the Companies (Court) Rules, 1959 allows statements based on information received and believed to be true, provided the sources of information and grounds of belief are disclosed. Order 19 Rule 3 CPC does not control such verification affidavits in the manner suggested. The procedural scheme also permits evidence to be received by affidavit or oral testimony at the hearing, so supporting material need not all be filed at the inception. An affidavit and supplemental affidavit that sufficiently disclose the source of information do not by themselves make the petition incompetent. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 07 Oct 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98258