https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=114048 A trade union lacking contributory, creditor, shareholder or other direct interest cannot maintain a public interest writ to compel investigation under the Companies Act. The HC held that investigatory reliefs under the statutory scheme are confined to persons with direct interest and to prescribed authorities (Registrar/Central Government); allowing a stranger to bypass those remedies and obtain mandamus would usurp statutory jurisdiction and violate the Companies Act procedural scheme. The petitioner failed to establish a legal right or specific obligation of respondents to perform the alleged investigatory functions, and the writ was dismissed. en-us Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 May 2012 13:08:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=114048 A trade union lacking contributory, creditor, shareholder or other direct interest cannot maintain a public interest writ to compel investigation under the Companies Act. The HC held that investigatory reliefs under the statutory scheme are confined to persons with direct interest and to prescribed authorities (Registrar/Central Government); allowing a stranger to bypass those remedies and obtain mandamus would usurp statutory jurisdiction and violate the Companies Act procedural scheme. The petitioner failed to establish a legal right or specific obligation of respondents to perform the alleged investigatory functions, and the writ was dismissed. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=114048