https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106666 Section 477 of the Companies Act does not exclude the company court's inherent powers under Rule 9 of the Companies (Court) Rules where necessary to secure the ends of justice. On the facts, once the investigation report disclosed a prima facie case of grave offences, the court could direct the appropriate authority to proceed further on that material. Such a direction was treated as setting the criminal law in motion, not as an adjudication of guilt or the imposition of punishment, and the jurisdiction to direct prosecution was upheld. en-us Tue, 26 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:53:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106666 Section 477 of the Companies Act does not exclude the company court's inherent powers under Rule 9 of the Companies (Court) Rules where necessary to secure the ends of justice. On the facts, once the investigation report disclosed a prima facie case of grave offences, the court could direct the appropriate authority to proceed further on that material. Such a direction was treated as setting the criminal law in motion, not as an adjudication of guilt or the imposition of punishment, and the jurisdiction to direct prosecution was upheld. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 26 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=106666