https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98879 Section 237(a)(ii) of the Companies Act, 1956 confers an independent jurisdiction on the High Court to direct the Central Government to appoint inspectors to investigate a company's affairs. That power is not conditional on a shareholder first approaching the Central Government under section 237(b), because the two provisions operate in different fields and the statute does not impose any prior-exhaustion requirement. The court may choose, in its discretion, to defer action until the Government has considered the matter, but that does not affect maintainability. The petition was therefore maintainable. en-us Mon, 02 Aug 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 May 2020 10:45:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98879 Section 237(a)(ii) of the Companies Act, 1956 confers an independent jurisdiction on the High Court to direct the Central Government to appoint inspectors to investigate a company's affairs. That power is not conditional on a shareholder first approaching the Central Government under section 237(b), because the two provisions operate in different fields and the statute does not impose any prior-exhaustion requirement. The court may choose, in its discretion, to defer action until the Government has considered the matter, but that does not affect maintainability. The petition was therefore maintainable. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 02 Aug 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98879