https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200468 Criminal prosecution of company directors cannot be sustained on the basis of directorship alone where the complaint does not contain a specific averment that they were in charge of and responsible for the conduct of the company's business at the relevant time. A bare allegation of status as a director, without particulars of the role played in the company's affairs, is insufficient to attract vicarious criminal liability under the relevant provision. On that footing, proceedings against the petitioners, who were treated only as mere directors, were quashed. en-us Tue, 22 Jan 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:06:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200468 Criminal prosecution of company directors cannot be sustained on the basis of directorship alone where the complaint does not contain a specific averment that they were in charge of and responsible for the conduct of the company's business at the relevant time. A bare allegation of status as a director, without particulars of the role played in the company's affairs, is insufficient to attract vicarious criminal liability under the relevant provision. On that footing, proceedings against the petitioners, who were treated only as mere directors, were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 22 Jan 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200468