https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=214369 Rectification of a company name under Section 22 of the Companies Act, 1956 is confined to conflict with a previously registered company name or a registered trade mark. The Central Government cannot invoke that provision on the basis of an unregistered name, prior user, goodwill, or reputation, and availability-of-name guidelines framed for Section 20 cannot be transplanted into Section 22 proceedings. Disputes over unregistered rights or passing off must be pursued in civil court. On that basis, the direction to change the company name was held to be without authority under Section 22 and was quashed. en-us Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:04:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=214369 Rectification of a company name under Section 22 of the Companies Act, 1956 is confined to conflict with a previously registered company name or a registered trade mark. The Central Government cannot invoke that provision on the basis of an unregistered name, prior user, goodwill, or reputation, and availability-of-name guidelines framed for Section 20 cannot be transplanted into Section 22 proceedings. Disputes over unregistered rights or passing off must be pursued in civil court. On that basis, the direction to change the company name was held to be without authority under Section 22 and was quashed. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=214369