https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287261 Rectification of the share register under the Companies Act may be sought where successors establish entitlement to shares held by a deceased shareholder. A joint succession certificate, settlement in succession proceedings, and renunciation by a competing claimant provided sufficient evidence for transmission where no fraud or forgery affected title. Company articles requiring recognition of legal representatives and transmission on adequate proof could not be disregarded. Objections concerning pending litigation, alleged invalidity of a compromise, and locus standi did not displace the substantiated succession claim, supporting substitution of the petitioners and transmission of shares. en-us Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:49:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287261 Rectification of the share register under the Companies Act may be sought where successors establish entitlement to shares held by a deceased shareholder. A joint succession certificate, settlement in succession proceedings, and renunciation by a competing claimant provided sufficient evidence for transmission where no fraud or forgery affected title. Company articles requiring recognition of legal representatives and transmission on adequate proof could not be disregarded. Objections concerning pending litigation, alleged invalidity of a compromise, and locus standi did not displace the substantiated succession claim, supporting substitution of the petitioners and transmission of shares. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287261