https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106139 A winding up petition must be supported by a verifying affidavit sworn by the petitioner or a duly authorised person under Rule 21 of the Companies (Court) Rules, 1959. Where the affidavit was sworn by a pairokar without shown authority, the defect was treated as fatal because the affidavit forms substantive evidence and strict compliance is required. A later affidavit by petitioner No. 2 did not cure the inconsistency between the petition and the original supporting affidavit, and leave under the proviso was not justified. The petition was therefore not maintainable and was liable to be dismissed. en-us Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:40:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106139 A winding up petition must be supported by a verifying affidavit sworn by the petitioner or a duly authorised person under Rule 21 of the Companies (Court) Rules, 1959. Where the affidavit was sworn by a pairokar without shown authority, the defect was treated as fatal because the affidavit forms substantive evidence and strict compliance is required. A later affidavit by petitioner No. 2 did not cure the inconsistency between the petition and the original supporting affidavit, and leave under the proviso was not justified. The petition was therefore not maintainable and was liable to be dismissed. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106139