https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198708 A statutory tribunal may apply general civil procedure to its proceedings unless that procedure is expressly excluded. Section 10E(4C) of the Companies Act, 1956 gives the Company Law Board specified civil court powers but does not displace Section 141 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which applies so far as it can be made applicable. On that basis, the Board could determine whether a preliminary application could be finally decided on the papers, including whether it raised res judicata or abandonment. If the application provided a complete answer to the company petition, it had to be decided first; otherwise it could be heard with the main petition. en-us Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:53:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198708 A statutory tribunal may apply general civil procedure to its proceedings unless that procedure is expressly excluded. Section 10E(4C) of the Companies Act, 1956 gives the Company Law Board specified civil court powers but does not displace Section 141 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which applies so far as it can be made applicable. On that basis, the Board could determine whether a preliminary application could be finally decided on the papers, including whether it raised res judicata or abandonment. If the application provided a complete answer to the company petition, it had to be decided first; otherwise it could be heard with the main petition. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198708