{"id":140652,"date":"2002-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/d-k-oswal-and-ors-vs-mr-akshay-finance-and-ors-on-9-august-2002-2"},"modified":"2016-04-14T21:43:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:13:16","slug":"d-k-oswal-and-ors-vs-mr-akshay-finance-and-ors-on-9-august-2002-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/d-k-oswal-and-ors-vs-mr-akshay-finance-and-ors-on-9-august-2002-2","title":{"rendered":"D.K. Oswal And Ors. vs Mr. Akshay Finance And Ors. on 9 August, 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"
Delhi High Court<\/div>\n
D.K. Oswal And Ors. vs Mr. Akshay Finance And Ors. on 9 August, 2002<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: 2003 115 CompCas 577 Delhi, 2004 50 SCL 303 Delhi<\/div>\n
Author: V Sen<\/div>\n
Bench: V Sen<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/pre>\n
JUDGMENT<\/p>\n
  Vikramajit Sen, J.  <\/p>\n
  CA 641\/2002 & 642\/2002 <\/p>\n
 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.\n<\/p>\n
  CA 685 & 686\/2002 in CP 21\/1986 <\/p>\n
 2. Mr. Chandiok, Learned Senior Counsel for the
\nRespondents, states that the applications may be allowed,
\nsubject to all just exceptions. Ordered accordingly. The
\namended applications are taken on record.\n<\/p>\n
  CA 639\/2002, 640\/2002, 707\/2002 IN cp 21\/1986 <\/p>\n
 3. In order to fully appreciate the facts and
\nissues that have been brought into focus in the context of
\nthe reliefs prayed for these applications, it is necessary
\nto make a precis of the annals of this family litigation.
\nShri D.K. Oswal filed Petitions CP Nos. 21\/1986 read
\nwith Rule 9 of the Company (Courts) Rules, for the
\nrectification of the Register of Members of the Companies
\nwhich were controlled by the Oswal family. These Companies
\nwere Akshay Finance and Trading Company, Pras Finance and
\nTrading Company, Arihant Investment and Trading Co., Victor
\nInvestment and Mercantile Co., Ambar Investment and
\nMercantile Co. and Adinath Investment and Trading Company.
\nAt that point of time four Public Limited Companies were
\nalso under the Oswal Family’s management, i.e. M\/s.
\nVardhman Spinning & General Mills Limited, Mahavir Spinning
\nMills Ltd., Sriyans Paper Mills Ltd. and Adinath Textiles
\nLimited. It is not in dispute that Vardhman Polytex was
\nnot in existence in 1987 and was, therefore, not within the
\npurview of those Company Petitions. In those petitions the
\nfather of the Petitioner, namely late Shri R.C. Oswal, and
\nthe Petitioner’s two brothers A.K. Oswal and S.P. Oswal
\nwere arrayed as Respondents. They put up a common
\nresponse\/defense in all the petitions.\n<\/p>\n
 4. After one year of the pendency of those
\nPetitions, a settlement was brought about by Hon’ble Mr.
\nJustice B.N. Kirpal (as the Learned Chief Justice of India
\nthen was) in terms of his Order dated August 12, 1987. It
\nis not of only little significance that the opening
\nsentence and paragraph of this judgment reads as
\nfollows, (underlining added for emphasis).\n<\/p>\n
  “This judgment will  dispose of Company
\nPetition Nos. 21 of 1986 to 26 of 1986.”\n<\/p>\n
 5. A perusal of the afore-mentioned judgment
\ndated August 12, 1987 will make it abundantly clear that
\nthere were two groups before the Court, that of the
\nPetitioner\/Shri K.K. Oswal on one side and his father and
\nhis two brothers on the other. No further fragmentation in
\nthe second group was either pleaded or had manifested in
\nitself in any manner whatsoever.\n<\/p>\n
 6. The applications under consideration have been
\nmoved in Co. Petition No. 21\/1986 above, but I do not
\npropose to stand on strict technicalities and shall assume,
\nwherever necessary, that reference has been made to all the
\nerstwhile petitions viz. C.P. Nos. 21 to 26\/1986. It is
\nimperative to mention that all the Companies in
\ncontemplation in the earlier Petitions had their registered
\noffices at 205 Surya Kiran Building, kasturba Gandhi Marg.
\nNew Delhi. The prayer contained in CP 21\/1986 was as
\nfollows:-\n<\/p>\n
“Prayer  <\/p>\n
 It is, therefore, most
\nrespectfully prayed that the illegal
\nredemption of:-\n<\/p>\n
 (i) 2630 4% non-cumulative redeemable.
\npreference shares of the Company;
\nand  <\/p>\n
 (ii) 30 eight percent preference share
\nof the Company belonging to the
\nPetitioners be declared illegal,
\nin-operative and being void in
\nin law and the Register of Members
\nof the Company be rectified by
\ninserting therein the names of the
\nPetitioners as holders of the
\naforesaid shares.\n<\/p>\n
 Costs of Petition be allowed to the
\nPetitioners:\n<\/p>\n
 Any other order deemed fit and
\nproper in the circumstances of the
\ncase be also made.”\n<\/p>\n
 7. Mr. Jayant Bhusha, Learned Counsel appearing
\nfor the Applicants in CA 639\/2002 and 702\/2002 has relied
\nheavily on the previous order passed on 6.5.1986 in the
\nearlier proceedings so as to emphasise that the division
\nand severance which took place was not just between Shri
\nD.K. Oswal and the rest of the family, but also
\nindividually between the father late Shri R.C. Oswal and
\nhis three sons namely, Shri D.K. Oswal, Shri A.K. Oswal
\nand Shri S.P. Oswal\/Respondent. This order is reproduced
\nverbatim since separate portions thereof have been relied
\nupon by the opposite parties. Mr. Bhushan has relied on
\nparagraph 1 which mentions that the four branches of the
\nfamily shall have 25% interest each. On the contrary Mr.
\nChandiok has relied on paragraph 5 since it mentions that
\nthe interests of Shri D.K. Oswal were being separated from
\nthe rest of the family.\n<\/p>\n
 “President : Mr. Shanti Bhushan Sr. Advocate
\nwith Mr. G.L. Rawal and Mr. K.M.
\nSharma, for the petitioner.
\nMr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate with
\nMr. S.S. Shroff and Mr. Pinaki
\nMisra, for the respondent.\n<\/p>\n
  CP Nos. 21 to 26 of 1986<\/p>\n
 It is indeed gratifying to note
\nthat the parties are agreed to the manner
\nin which the disputes between them are to
\nbe settled.\n<\/p>\n
 The agreement is that the share of
\neach o the four branches involved in this
\ncase, namely, the petitioner, his father
\nand his two brothers, should be deemed for
\nworking the settlement as being equal.
\nThe total value of the family’s holdings
\nin the various business concerns will be
\nascertained and thereafter the interest of
\nthe petitioner and his family members
\nshall be separated. Payments made to any
\nof the family members either from
\ninvestment companies or trusts or
\notherwise for alleged
\nredemption\/cancellation of shares shall be
\nproperly adjusted.\n<\/p>\n
 The parties are agreed that in
\norder to bring about a settlement between
\nthe parties, the various members of the
\nfamily should file in Court undertakings
\nby way of affidavits which would spell out
\nthe terms of the agreement between them and
\nwould also bind each one of the deponent.
\nThe affidavits by way of undertakings
\nwhich would be filed by all the members of
\nthe family would be to the following
\neffect:–\n<\/p>\n
 1. The deponent will accept that for
\nthe purpose of settling the
\ndispute, the four branches of the
\nfamily, namely, the petitioner,
\nhis two brothers and father, have
\n25% interest each.\n<\/p>\n
 2. The value of the total
\nshareholding of the family
\ndetermined on the basis of net
\nworth of the companies as on 31st
\nMarch, 1986 held in the name of
\nthe members of the family or
\nthorough their investment companies
\nin the four companies, namely,
\nVardhman Spinning & General Mills
\nLtd., Mahavir Spinning Mills Ltd.,
\nSriyans Paper Mills Limited
\nand Adinath Textiles Limited, will
\nbe determined as on 31.3.86.\n<\/p>\n
 3. The value of the family’s total
\nshareholding as on 31st march,
\n1986 in the aforesaid companies
\nwill be determined on net worth
\nbasis by M\/s. S.B. Billimoria &
\nCompany, Chartered Accountants.
\nThey shall value the shareholding
\nafter giving opportunity of
\nhearing to all the parties. The
\nreport to be submitted by M\/s.
\nS.B. Billimoria & Co. will be
\nsubject to confirmation\/adoption,
\nwith or without modification, by
\nthe Court.\n<\/p>\n
 4. The deponent will undertake to
\nthis Court that he will not
\nchallenge, by way of appeal or
\notherwise, the valuation as
\nfinally determined by the Court.\n<\/p>\n
 5. Upon determination and
\nconfirmation of the valuation by
\nthen Court, the parties agree that
\nthe Court shall decide the manner
\nin which the interest of the
\npetitioner is to be separated
\nfrom the interests or rest of the
\nfamily and the decision so arrived
\nat shall be final and binding on
\nall the parties. In order to
\nassist the Court in arriving at
\nthis decision, the Chartered
\nAccountants shall not only value
\nthe family’s total shareholdings
\nin the said companies but they
\nshould also submit to the Court
\ntheir report containing
\nconclusions as to the net worth of
\neach of the four companies as on
\n31st March, 1986.\n<\/p>\n
 6. The parties undertake, when called
\nupon to do so by the Court, to
\ntransfer the shares etc. in order
\nto give effect to the order of
\nseparation. Any transfer of
\nshares necessary in the process of
\nsettlement, will be subject to
\nsuch approvals or the Financial
\nInstitutions as may be required
\nunder the various agreements and
\nundertakings to them. The
\ndeponent undertakes to take all
\nnecessary steps to obtain such
\napprovals. In the meantime the
\nsuits, appeals and criminal
\ncomplaints as are pending today
\nwill be stayed till further orders
\nof the Courts.\n<\/p>\n
 Affidavits in the aforesaid terms
\nshould be filed in Court by all the
\nmembers of Oswal Family who have shares in
\ntheir names directly or indirectly within
\nten days from today and the case be listed
\nin Chamber on 16th May, 1986 at 4 P.M.\n<\/p>\n
Sd\/- B.N. Kirpal  <\/p>\n
Judge.\n<\/p>\n
 May 6, 1986.”\n<\/p>\n
 8. Even on a bare reading of the afore-mentioned
\norder I am unable to subscribe to the view proposed by Mr.
\nBhushan that the Court had divided and partitioned the
\nshares of late Shri R.C. Oswal and each of his three sons
\nin equal shares of 1\/4th each. The division that was
\npostulated even on 6.5.1986 was a severance of the 1\/4th
\nshare of Shri D.K. Oswal from the Oswal Family fortunes.
\nThough this is the tenor of the orders passed by Hon’ble
\nJustice B.N. Kirpal, this is apparent on a perusal of the
\nfollowing extracts from the judgment dated 12th August,
\n1987:-\n<\/p>\n
 “In order to give effect to
\nseparation of petitioners’ interests from
\nthe rest of the family, necessary
\ndirections have to be issued so as to
\nensure that shares of Vardhman and Mahavir
\nheld by D.K. Oswal and his associates are
\ntransferred in favor of R.C. Oswal Group
\nand, at the same time, shares of Shreyans
\nand Adinath held by R.C. Oswal, S.P.
\nOswal and Ashok Oswal and their group be
\ntransferred in favor of D.K. Oswal and
\nhis nominees. Appropriate directions have
\nalso to be issued with regard to the
\ndivesting of shares of Shreyans by
\nVardhman as has been proposed by the
\nrespondents in their written arguments.\n<\/p>\n
 The transfer of shares which are
\ninvolved, to give effect to the aforesaid,
\nas has been indicated by the respondents,
\nis as follows:-\n<\/p>\n
“A SHARE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRANSFERS\u00a0\u00a0
\nINVOLVED\u00a0 FROM RESPONDENTS\u00a0
\nTO\u00a0 SHRI O.K.OSWAL AND
\nHIS GROUP<\/p>\n
I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
SHREYANS PAPER MILLS LIMITED <\/p>\n
I-A:\n<\/p>\n
DIRECT HOLDING OF THE RESPONDENTS:\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Name of individuals<\/p>\n
Number of shares<\/p>\n
(a)<\/p>\n
Shri R.C.Oswal<\/p>\n
1<\/span><\/p>\n
(b)<\/p>\n
M\/s. R.C.Oswal &
\nSons<\/p>\n
65,500.\n<\/p>\n
(c)<\/p>\n
Shri S.P.bswal<\/p>\n
95,450<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
(d)<\/p>\n
Smt . Banarso Devi will
\na\/c (Registered the name of Shri Asho Oswal
\n)<\/p>\n
450<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Total<\/p>\n
1,61,401<\/p>\n
IB.NAME OF INVESTMENT COS. WHICH
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
HOLD SHARES IN SHREYANS
\nAND WHERE SHARES ALONE WILL BE TRANSFERRED<\/p>\n
 (a) <\/p>\n
 Metro Investment & Marketing Co.
\nPvt.Ltd.\n<\/p>\n
 14,000 <\/p>\n
 (b) <\/p>\n
 Eastern Investment & Marketing Co. Pvt. Ltd.\n<\/p>\n
 13,900 <\/p>\n
 (c) <\/p>\n
 Sanmati Investment & Trading
\nCo.Pvt. Ltd.\n<\/p>\n
 15,500 <\/p>\n
 (d) <\/p>\n
 Nahar Investors & Traders Pvt. Ltd.\n<\/p>\n
 10,100 <\/p>\n
 \u00a0<\/p>\n
 Total <\/p>\n
 53,550 <\/p>\n
II.\n<\/p>\n
ADINATH TEXTILES LTD <\/p>\n
IIA. Direct holding of Respondents <\/p>\n
 Name of the individual <\/p>\n
 No. of Shares <\/p>\n
 (a)\u00a0<\/p>\n
 Shri S.P.\n<\/p>\n
Oswal <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0
\n800 <\/span><\/p>\n
 (b)\u00a0<\/p>\n
 M\/s. S.P.\n<\/p>\n
Oswal & Sons <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0
\n700 <\/span><\/p>\n
 (c)\u00a0<\/p>\n
 Mrs. Shakun
\nOswal <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0
\n200 <\/span><\/p>\n
 (d)\u00a0<\/p>\n
 Shri R.C.\n<\/p>\n
Oswal <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n70 <\/span><\/p>\n
 (e)\u00a0<\/p>\n
 M\/s. R.C.\n<\/p>\n
Oswal & Sons <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0
\n500 <\/span><\/p>\n
 (f)\u00a0<\/p>\n
 Mr. Ashok
\nOswal <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0
\n320 <\/span><\/p>\n
 (g)\u00a0<\/p>\n
 M\/s. Ashok
\nKumar & Sons <\/p>\n
14,600<\/p>\n
 (h)\u00a0<\/p>\n
 Mrs. Manju
\nOswal <\/p>\n
\u00a0
\n4,500 <\/p>\n
“II.B.\n<\/p>\n
NAME OF THE INVESTMENT COS.WHICH HOLD SHARES IN ADHINATH AND WHERE SHARES
\nALONE WILL BE TRANSFERRED <\/p>\n
 Name of Investment Company\u00a0<\/p>\n
 No.of shares\u00a0<\/p>\n
(a)<\/p>\n
Amber
\nInvestment & Mercantile Co.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0
\n400 <\/span><\/p>\n
(b) <\/p>\n
Paras Finance & Trading Co.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 50 <\/p>\n
(c)<\/p>\n
Victor
\nInvestment & Mercantile Co.\n<\/p>\n
1,030<\/p>\n
(d)<\/p>\n
Arihant
\nInvestment & Trading Co.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n75 <\/span><\/p>\n
(e)<\/p>\n
Akshay
\nFinance & Trading Co.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0
\n200 <\/span><\/p>\n
(f) <\/p>\n
Adinath Investment & Trading Co.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0 500 <\/p>\n
(g)<\/p>\n
Devakar
\nInvestment & Trading Co.Pvt. Ltd.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0
\n330 <\/span><\/p>\n
(h)<\/p>\n
Nahar
\nInvestors & Traders Pvt. Ltd.\n<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n50 <\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Total<\/p>\n
3,065<\/p>\n
II.C NAMES OF THREE PUBLIC LIMITED COS. WHICH HOLD SHARES IN ADHINATH AND WHERE SHARES ALONE WILL BE
\nTRANSFERRED<\/p>\n
  Name of the Company <\/p>\n
  No. of shares<\/p>\n
  a)
\n  Santon Finance & Investment Co. Ltd.
\n  19,995<\/p>\n
  b)
\n  Flamingo Finance & Investment Co. Ltd.
\n  30,000<\/p>\n
  c)
\n  Ramaniya Finance &Investment Co. Ltd.
\n  50,000<\/p>\n
  Total
\n  99,995<\/p>\n
IID NAMES OF THE FIRMS WHICH HOLD SHARES IN ADHINATH AND WHERE SHARES ALONE WILL BE TRANSFERRED<\/p>\n
  Name of the Firm<\/p>\n
  No. of shares
\n  Registered in the name of<\/p>\n
  (a)
\n  Amber Syndicate
\n  25,350
\n  Sh.D.K.Oswal 25000<\/p>\n
  Sh.R.C.Oswal 350<\/p>\n
  (b)
\n  Paras Syndicate
\n  30,000
\n  Shri D.K.Oswal<\/p>\n
  (c)
\n  Adhinath<\/p>\n
  Syndicate
\n  30,000
\n  Shri S.P. Oswal<\/p>\n
  85,350<\/p>\n
III NAMES OF THE INVESTMENT COS. WHICH HOLD SHARES IN SHREYANS AND ADHINATH AND THE CONTROL OF THE SAME WILL BE HANDED OVER TO SHRI D.K. OSWAL’S GROUP.\n<\/p>\n
  Name of the Company<\/p>\n
  No. of shares<\/p>\n
  Adhinath
\n  Shreyans<\/p>\n
  (a)
\n  Achin Investment & Mercantile Co.
\n  55,500
\n  55,500<\/p>\n
  (b)
\n  Levina Investment & Mercantile Co.
\n  76,600
\n  78,900<\/p>\n
  (c)
\n  Ojasvi Investment & Mercantile Co.
\n  40,500
\n  95,000<\/p>\n
  (d)
\n  Adeep Investment Co
\n  17,900
\n  30,000<\/p>\n
  (e)
\n  Virat Investment & Mercantile Co.
\n  36,100
\n  30,000<\/p>\n
  Total
\n  2,26,600
\n  2,88,900<\/p>\n
 In order to give effect to the aforesaid
\ntransfer, the following directions are
\nissued:\n<\/p>\n
 i) Within two weeks from today all the
\nparties will deposit with the Registrar
\nof this Court, duly executed, share
\ntransfer deeds along with share scrips in
\nthe manner indicated above.\n<\/p>\n
 ii) The Registrar shall deliver the blank
\nshare transfer deeds duly signed as well
\nas share scripts of Shreyans and Adhinath
\nto Shri D.K. Oswal or his nominee and of
\nVardhman and Mahavir to Shri R.C. Oswal
\nor his nominee.\n<\/p>\n
 iii) With the lodging and handing over of the
\ntransfer deeds, the respondents will,
\nwithin one week thereof, ensure the
\nregistration of the transfer of shares of
\nShreyana and Adinath in favor of Shri
\nD.K. Oswal and his nominees and will
\nensure that the Board of Directors of
\nShreyans and Adhinath co-opt Shri D.K.
\nOswal and his nominees as Directors of
\nShreyans and Adinath and thereupon Shri
\nS.P. Oswal, R.C. 1 Oswal and Ashok Oswal
\nshall resign from the Board of Directors
\nof Shreyans and Adinath.\n<\/p>\n
 iv) Shri S.P. Oswal and Shri R.C. Oswal are
\nfurther directed to give effect to the
\nresolution dated 26th February, 1981
\npassed by Vardhman regarding the
\ncompliance of condition No. J. attached
\nto the letter dated 12th November, 1981
\nissued by the Controller of Capital
\nIssues, Government of India to Shreyans
\nPaper Mills Limited and to sell shares of
\nShreyans held by Vardhman in excess of
\n40% held by the promoters at the market
\nvalue of the shares. It is further
\ndirected that these shares will first be
\noffered for sale of Shri D.K. Oswal and
\nhis Group and in order to make up the
\ndifference Shri R.C. Oswal and members
\nof his Group are further directed to give
\nto Shri D.K. Oswal and his Group
\nRs. 21,75,586\/- which would enable him to
\npurchase the said shares of Shreyans to
\nbe sold by Vardhman.\n<\/p>\n
 v) Both the Groups will file appropriate
\napplications with the financial
\ninstitutions and see the release of
\npersonal guarantees of the petitioner and
\nmembers of his group which may have been
\ngiven for financial arrangement extended
\nby the institutions to Vardhman and
\nMahavir and also the release of
\nguarantees of R.C. Oswal and members of
\nhis group which may similarly have been
\ngiven to the financial institutions or
\nother institutions for extending the
\nfinancial assistance to Shreyans and
\nAdinath.\n<\/p>\n
 vi) Both the groups are directed to take all
\nsteps which may be necessary to give
\neffect to the transfer of shares and
\nmanagement of Shreyans and Adinath to
\nD.K. Oswal and his Group and the transfer
\nof shares of Vardhman and Mahavir by D.K.
\nOswal and members of his group in favor
\nof R.C. Oswal and his group.\n<\/p>\n
 vii) Parties are at liberty to apply to this
\nCourt, from time to time if the need
\narises, for directions or clarifications
\nwhich may be necessary in order to give
\neffect to the settlement of dispute
\nbetween the parties.\n<\/p>\n
 The Company Petitions are disposed of in
\nthe aforesaid terms. The parties shall bear
\ntheir own costs.”\n<\/p>\n
 9. Although the lis had been disposed of by the
\nafore-mentioned orders, since some delay or difficulty
\nwas encountered in its implementation, applications
\nwere subsequently filed and entertained by the Court.
\nHowever, even on a perusal of the Orders dated
\n25.9.1987 in terms of which CA 643\/1987 had been
\ndisposed of, it will be evident that the severance
\nwhich took place in CP 21\/1986 was the separation of
\nthe share of Shri D.K. Oswal only. What was clarified
\nby the Court was merely that each person had an equal
\nshares i.e. one quarter each. This is also manifested
\nfrom the fact that from 1987 onwards, till the death of
\nthe patriarch Late Shri R.C. Oswal, the business
\nventures of the respondent group which included the two
\nbrothers who are now adversaries in these applications
\nwere jointly carried out by all three of them. The
\ncontention of Mr. Bhushan that the Oswal Family
\nbusinesses were, in fact, partitioned in 1\/4th share
\neach is accordingly rejected. Once this conclusion is
\nreached, it will not be possible to view the present
\napplications as having the character and merely
\nendeavoring to implement the earlier orders and
\neffecting a distribution of assets by metes and bounds,
\nso as to bring them within the parameters set down in
\npara (vii) of the above extracted orders.\n<\/p>\n
 10. What must be decided is whether this Court
\npossesses the requisite jurisdiction to entertain
\napplications which, in essence, seek to carry out
\nrectifications in the Register of Members of Companies
\nwithin the management of the further fragmented Oswal
\nGroup subsequent to eh death of Late R.C. Oswal. At
\nthe time when CP 21\/1986 had been filed Section 155 of
\nthe Companies Act vested the power to rectify the
\nRegister of Members in the Company Judge. This
\nprovision, however, has been repealed by the Companies
\n(Amendment) Act, 1988, with effect from 31.5.1991 and
\nits provisions have been assimilated in the amended
\nSection 111 with the consequence that the avenue of
\nrelief now leads to the Company Law Board. Where a
\ntotally new case is being put forward, the Court must
\nnot revive a Petition which has already been disposed
\nof and thereby assume a jurisdiction which it to longer
\npossesses. No doubt, applications have been
\nentertained in this Petition till quite recently, but
\nthe distinction which must be honoured is that the
\nCourt may retain the power to pass orders which are
\ncalculated to implement the orders previously passed by
\nit when it possess jurisdiction over the lis. The
\npresent dispute, as has already been stated is
\nessentially different to the factual matrix and the
\nprayers contained in CP 21\/1986, and for that matter in
\nall the other CPs 21\/1986 to 26\/1986. Mr. Bhushan has
\nhimself adverted to the Will of Late R.C. Oswal, which
\nhas become operative several years after the disposal
\nof CP 21\/1986. The genesis of the present disputes can
\nbe traced back to the allotment of 10,000 shares in
\n1998, and the resultant alteration of the control of
\nVardhman Polytex. Mr. Bhushan has also mentioned
\nchanges in the Board of Directors of that Company and
\nMahavir Spinning and General Mills which occurred in
\nAugust 2000. Quite obviously, this has no bearing on
\nthe facts which existed in 1986. The heading of the
\napplications mention that they re pursuant to the
\ndemise of Shri R.C. Oswal.\n<\/p>\n
 11. Before departing from this aspect of the
\ncase it is of extreme relevance that the Registered
\nOffice of the companies which were within the purview
\nof the six petitions which had received the attention
\nof this Court, were all at the same address, i.e. 205,
\nSurya Kiran Building, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi. At
\nthe present moment the Registered Offices have been
\nshifted out of Delhi to Ludhiana (Punjab) after
\nobtaining the approval of the Company Law Board.\n<\/p>\n
 12. Section 10 of the Companies Act stipulates
\nthat the Court having jurisdiction shall be the High
\nCourt having jurisdiction in addition to the place at
\nwhich the registered office of the company is situate.
\nSub-section (3) of Section 10 is not relevant inasmuch
\nas it refers to winding-up petitions. However, it is
\ninteresting to note that even in the context of the
\nperiod of six months, it has been clarified that the
\nlocation of only that registered office will be taken
\ninto consideration which has existed in the longest
\nportion of the six months immediately preceding the
\npresentation of such a petition. The effort in these
\napplications is to resurrect a petition filed almost
\nover fifteen years ago, despite the fact that the
\nregistered offices are located in Ludhiana since last
\nfour years.\n<\/p>\n
 13. This is also how the applicants had
\nthemselves viewed the legal position. A Scheme of
\namalgamation under Section 394 of the Companies Act was
\nmoved by the parties hereby not in this High Court but
\nin the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh.
\nThe Scheme was approved by that Court on August 1,
\n2000. Thereafter, C.P. No. 49\/2001 was filed by the
\nApplicant himself before the Company Law Board,
\nPrincipal Branch, New Delhi as recently as 25th
\nFebruary, 2002. The Company Law Board had passed an
\norder in respect of M\/s. Panchasheel Textile
\nManufacturing and Trading Co. (Pvt.) Ltd., at the
\ninstance of the applicant and directed that the
\nprevailing position int he said company will continue
\ntill such time the obligations resting on the
\nPetitioner are discharged. An Appeal from this order
\nis pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at
\nChandigarh. It has been ordered that status quo as it
\nexisted on 24.4.2002 shall be maintained.\n<\/p>\n
 14. As I see it the present applications have
\nbeen field in 2002, in an attempt to open up another
\nfrontier in the family dispute between the two
\nbrothers. This Court no longer possesses any
\njurisdiction over these disputes.\n<\/p>\n
 15. CA 639\/2002 and CA 640\/2002 are,
\naccordingly rejected. CA 707\/2002 is allowed. Interim
\nOrders dated 31.5.2002 are recalled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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