Preference shareholders lack locus standi to challenge Section 55(3) proceedings, dismissed as non-maintainable

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....NCLAT dismissed appeal filed by preference shareholder challenging proceedings under Section 55(3) of Companies Act, 2013. Tribunal held that preference shareholders, being mere investors, lack individually enforceable statutory rights and have no locus standi to approach NCLT or file appeals under Section 421. Relying on Clarion Health Food LLP precedent, NCLAT ruled shareholders are not "aggrieved parties" under the Code and cannot maintain such proceedings. The adjudicating authority's findings contained no legal vices warranting appellate interference. Appeal was dismissed as non-maintainable due to appellant's lack of sustainable and legally enforceable rights in capacity as preference shareholder.....