https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=213709 Cognizance of the alleged Companies Act offence was barred by limitation because the offence was punishable with imprisonment up to six months or fine, attracting the one-year limit under section 468 CrPC, and the Registrar had constructive knowledge of the matter before the application was filed. In an application under section 633(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, the High Court could therefore relieve the applicants from threatened prosecution and discharge them without a merits enquiry once cognizance was time-barred. A procedural objection that the application was not personally signed and verified by the petitioners also failed, as authorised signing and verification were sufficient. en-us Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:29:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=213709 Cognizance of the alleged Companies Act offence was barred by limitation because the offence was punishable with imprisonment up to six months or fine, attracting the one-year limit under section 468 CrPC, and the Registrar had constructive knowledge of the matter before the application was filed. In an application under section 633(2) of the Companies Act, 1956, the High Court could therefore relieve the applicants from threatened prosecution and discharge them without a merits enquiry once cognizance was time-barred. A procedural objection that the application was not personally signed and verified by the petitioners also failed, as authorised signing and verification were sufficient. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=213709