https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793773 The Registry of the NCLT cannot reject a company petition on maintainability grounds at the scrutiny stage because Rule 17 limits the Registrar to ministerial and administrative scrutiny of filings and defects. A maintainability question, including one involving Section 244 of the Companies Act, is a judicial issue that must be decided by the Tribunal on the judicial side. Where objections go beyond curable defects and raise maintainability, the petition must be numbered and placed before the Bench for determination. The impugned refusal to register the petition was therefore unsustainable, and the matter was remitted for judicial consideration of maintainability. en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:08:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793773 The Registry of the NCLT cannot reject a company petition on maintainability grounds at the scrutiny stage because Rule 17 limits the Registrar to ministerial and administrative scrutiny of filings and defects. A maintainability question, including one involving Section 244 of the Companies Act, is a judicial issue that must be decided by the Tribunal on the judicial side. Where objections go beyond curable defects and raise maintainability, the petition must be numbered and placed before the Bench for determination. The impugned refusal to register the petition was therefore unsustainable, and the matter was remitted for judicial consideration of maintainability. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=793773