https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=249105 Section 614 of the Companies Act, 1956 applies only where the company or its officers are in default of a statutory filing or registration duty after notice. On the stated facts, the company had authorised and executed the mortgage, guarantee and charge documents, and Form 8 had been signed. The registration problem arose at the MCA pre-scrutiny stage because the portal would not accept a director's digital signature for a reason unrelated to the company. That technical obstacle did not amount to a default by the respondent company or its officers, so the statutory jurisdiction could not be invoked against them or used to cure the portal-related difficulty. en-us Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=249105 Section 614 of the Companies Act, 1956 applies only where the company or its officers are in default of a statutory filing or registration duty after notice. On the stated facts, the company had authorised and executed the mortgage, guarantee and charge documents, and Form 8 had been signed. The registration problem arose at the MCA pre-scrutiny stage because the portal would not accept a director's digital signature for a reason unrelated to the company. That technical obstacle did not amount to a default by the respondent company or its officers, so the statutory jurisdiction could not be invoked against them or used to cure the portal-related difficulty. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=249105