{"id":4763,"date":"1983-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1983-04-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kundan-singh-vs-moga-transport-co-p-ltd-and-on-5-april-1983"},"modified":"2018-12-30T16:08:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T10:38:07","slug":"kundan-singh-vs-moga-transport-co-p-ltd-and-on-5-april-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kundan-singh-vs-moga-transport-co-p-ltd-and-on-5-april-1983","title":{"rendered":"Kundan Singh vs Moga Transport Co. (P.) Ltd. And &#8230; on 5 April, 1983"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kundan Singh vs Moga Transport Co. (P.) Ltd. And &#8230; on 5 April, 1983<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 1987 62 CompCas 600 P H<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: D Tewatia<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: D Tewatia<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> D.S. Tewatia, J.  <\/p>\n<p> 1.  Kundan Singh, petitioner, who was the managing director of Moga Transport Co. (P,) Ltd. at the relevant time has impugned the direction contained in letter No. EMP\/3232, dated February 16, 1976, from the Labour Commissioner, Punjab, Chandigarh, to the Collector, District Faridkot (annexure P-4), to effect recovery of the wages of the workers found due against the company under various awards from the personal property of the petitioner, on the ground that the managing director could not be made personally liable for the dues recoverable from the limited company.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. No written statement has been filed nor any opposition has been entered to this writ petition despite service.\n<\/p>\n<p> 3. Mr. Ramesh Kumar, counsel for the petitioner, has sought to sustain the afore-mentioned ground from the ratio of a Division Bench decision, of this court in Surinder Nath Khosla v. Excise and Taxation Commissioner Punjab [1964] 15 STC 838 (P &amp; H). This court in Surinder Nath Khosla&#8217;s case held that unless the statute in question made the managing director of a company personally liable for the dues recoverable from the company, he could not be held personally responsible.\n<\/p>\n<p> 4. Neither in the company law nor in the Industrial Disputes Act does any provision making the managing director personally liable for recovery of dues against the limited company exist.\n<\/p>\n<p> 5. In view of the above, I hold that the direction contained in annexure P-4 is clearly illegal and the same is, therefore, quashed. The writ petition is allowed, but with no order as to costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Kundan Singh vs Moga Transport Co. (P.) Ltd. And &#8230; on 5 April, 1983 Equivalent citations: 1987 62 CompCas 600 P H Author: D Tewatia Bench: D Tewatia JUDGMENT D.S. Tewatia, J. 1. Kundan Singh, petitioner, who was the managing director of Moga Transport Co. 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