Appeal allowed: non-members lack standing under s.244(b); proviso waiver limited to bona fide members, proceedings maintainable under ss.241,242,59

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....NCLAT allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned order. The Tribunal held the respondents were not members of the company and therefore lacked standing to seek a waiver under s.244(b) to invoke remedies under ss.241, 242 and 59 of the Act. s.244 confines the right to apply to specified members; the proviso permitting waiver is available only to bona fide members and cannot be extended to non-members by presumption. The NCLT's grant of a waiver for alleged "exceptional circumstances" was unsupported by findings establishing such circumstances or a valid membership basis, rendering the waiver unsustainable and the proceedings under s.244 maintainable.....