https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=784030 A director cannot institute litigation for a company merely by virtue of office unless the company has expressly authorised him to do so. Because the reliefs sought concerned the internal affairs and board actions of two separate companies, and the plaintiff neither held shareholding nor showed authority to sue on their behalf, the plaint disclosed no maintainable cause of action in his own capacity. The civil suit was therefore held not maintainable and the plaint liable to rejection under Order VII Rule 11(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. en-us Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=784030 A director cannot institute litigation for a company merely by virtue of office unless the company has expressly authorised him to do so. Because the reliefs sought concerned the internal affairs and board actions of two separate companies, and the plaintiff neither held shareholding nor showed authority to sue on their behalf, the plaint disclosed no maintainable cause of action in his own capacity. The civil suit was therefore held not maintainable and the plaint liable to rejection under Order VII Rule 11(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=784030