2009 (12) TMI 500

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....ide Certificate of Incorporation No. 13188 as a private limited company with the Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi and Haryana. The petitioner-company is stated to be engaged in the business of manufacture, sale and trading of all kinds of industrial control components, parts and accessories, including magnetic separators, electric magnetic gaps and industrial bells and sirens. 2. According to the Registrar of Companies, i.e., the respondent herein, the company's name was struck off the register due to defaults in statutory compliances, namely, failure to file the necessary annual accounts, returns and other documents from March 31, 2005, onwards. Consequently, the Registrar of Companies initiated proceedings under section 560 of the Co....

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....any show-cause notice, nor was it afforded any opportunity of being heard before the aforesaid action was taken by the respondent. 5. It is stated by counsel for the petitioner that the present petition is within the limitation period stipulated by section 560(6) of the Companies Act, 1956, i.e., 20 years. 6. He submits that the accounts of the petitioner-company were prepared and audited every year, and that the company had engaged the services of a firm of chartered accountants to perform the task of filing the returns with the office of the Registrar of Companies. It is stated that this firm failed to file the annual returns and other documents with the respondent from the financial year March 31, 2005, onwards. 7. The respondent does....