https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199710 Order 14, Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to company petitions under sections 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956, because civil procedure extends to company proceedings so far as applicable and the rule promotes complete adjudication. Preliminary trial is confined to pure questions of law involving jurisdiction or a statutory bar. Objections to maintainability, including section 399 eligibility, could not be tried separately where they depended on disputed facts such as shareholding and consent, and had to be decided with the main petition. en-us Sat, 19 Nov 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199710 Order 14, Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to company petitions under sections 397 and 398 of the Companies Act, 1956, because civil procedure extends to company proceedings so far as applicable and the rule promotes complete adjudication. Preliminary trial is confined to pure questions of law involving jurisdiction or a statutory bar. Objections to maintainability, including section 399 eligibility, could not be tried separately where they depended on disputed facts such as shareholding and consent, and had to be decided with the main petition. Case-Laws Companies Law Sat, 19 Nov 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199710