1957 (6) TMI 13

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....ja Iyengar, J. - This is an application by the Pulickal Estates, who are assignees of particular properties of the respondent company, for deferring its dissolution for reasons mentioned. On earlier occasions such relief had been granted for periods limited but the necessity arose for further deferring of the dissolution and hence this application. The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies to whom no....

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....Registrar, reiterates the objection as to the jurisdiction. According to him, the matter is one of jurisdiction and any prior order in the case cannot be said to conclude the matter. 2. Now section 497(5) proviso gives power to the court to extend the period of three months provided for in clause (5) after the expiration of which, from the date of the registration by the Registrar, the dissolut....

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....in three months only. But nevertheless he expressed himself in favour of the jurisdiction even after the period had elapsed. There appears therefore to be no question of jurisdiction involved in this case and the prior orders overruling the Registrar's contention must prevail. Even otherwise the court has always jurisdiction under section 559 to declare a dissolution void, and the prior orders cou....