Abicor Binzel Productions (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. -
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMPANY SUMMONS FOR DIRECTION NO.281 OF 2015.
IN THE MATTER of the Companies
Act, 1956 AND
IN THE MATTER of Sections 100
to 105 of the Companies Act, 1956 AND
IN THE MATTER of the Reduction
of Capital of Abicor Binzel Production (India) Private Limited Abicor Binzel Production (India) Private Limited, Indo German Technology Park, Survey Number 297, 298 and 299, District Pune 412108 Maharashtra, India.
} } } ..... Applicant Company Called Summons for Direction for hearing Mr. Ashish Kamat i/b M/s Crawford Bayley & Co, Advocate for Applicant Company Coram: S. J. Kathawalla, J.
Date: 10th April, 2015 MINUTES OF THE ORDER UPON THE APPLICATION OF the above named Applicant Company by a Company Summons for Directions AND UPON HEARING Mr. Ashish Kamat i/b M/s Crawford Bayley & Co, Advocates for the Applicant Company AND UPON READING the affidavit dated 20th day of January, 2015 and further Affidavit dated 31st March, 2015 of Mr. Uday Godbole, Director, of the Applicant Company in support of summons for directions and Article 21 of the Articles of
Association of the Applicant Company empowers the Applicant Company to reduce its Share Capital and Applicant Company having passed Special Resolution in its Annual General Meeting of its Equity Shareholders held on 30th September, 2014 being Exhibit E to the Affidavit in support of Company Summons for Direction, resolved that the cancellation of following equity shares issued to Alexander BinzelSchweisstechnikGmbh& Co KG (a) 10,156 equity shares of Rs. 1,000 each issued pursuant to capitalization of pre-incorporation expenses; and (b) 4,964 equity shares of Rs. 1,000 each, resulting in reduction of the existing paid up equity share capital of the Company from Rs. 35,000,000 (divided into 35,000 equity shares of Rs.1,000 each) to Rs.
19,880,000(divided into 19,880equity shares of Rs.1,000 each) to capital redemption reserve AND in view of the averment made in Paragraph 24 of the said affidavit and Paragraph 5 of the further affidavit in support of Company Summons for Direction interalia stating that there are no secured creditors of the Applicant Company and that the proposed reduction in the Equity Share Capital does not involve any financial outlay/outgo on the part of the Applicant Company and is only in the nature of a book entry and reduction will also not cause any prejudice to the Creditors of the Applicant Company and that the reduction of the Equity Share Capital does not involve either the diminution of any liability in respect of unpaid capital or the payment to any Shareholder of any paid-up capital. The Creditors of the Applicant Company are also
in no way affected by the proposed reduction of the Equity Share Capital as there is no reduction in the amount payable to any of the Creditors, no compromise or arrangement is contemplated with the Creditors and also there is no reduction in the security, which the creditors may have in the Applicant Company. Further, the proposed adjustment would not in any way adversely affect the ordinary operations of the Applicant Company or the ability of the Applicant Company to honour its commitments or to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business. There is no creditors whose name has been concealed who is entitled to object to the reduction and that there is no misrepresentation about the debt or claim of any creditors. In view of the above, the procedure prescribed under Section 101(2) of the Companies Act, 1956 is dispensed with. (S. J. Kathawalla, J.)