https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98920 A company compliance defence based on non-holding of the annual general meeting was rejected where the defaulting party itself could have convened the meeting. The Court held that a person charged with an offence cannot rely on its own failure to meet the statutory timetable as an answer to non-filing of the balance-sheet within thirty days of the annual general meeting. The conviction for contravention of the Companies Act was therefore upheld, and the revision was dismissed, although the fine was reduced. en-us Wed, 29 Mar 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:07:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98920 A company compliance defence based on non-holding of the annual general meeting was rejected where the defaulting party itself could have convened the meeting. The Court held that a person charged with an offence cannot rely on its own failure to meet the statutory timetable as an answer to non-filing of the balance-sheet within thirty days of the annual general meeting. The conviction for contravention of the Companies Act was therefore upheld, and the revision was dismissed, although the fine was reduced. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 29 Mar 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98920