Mrs.Abiraminandakumar v. The Registrar Of Companies

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 31.07.2023

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE and Company Application Nos.496, 573, 602 & 611 of 2018 Mrs.Abirami Nandakumar ... Petitioner in C.P.No.19/2018 Mr.Govindarajulu ... Petitioner in C.P.No.29/2018 Mr.Udaya Kumar ... Petitioner in C.P.No.30/2018 Mr.Adoni Ramesh Kumar ... Petitioner in C.P.No.31/2018 1.Mr.P. Amarnath 2.Mrs.P. Neelima ... Petitioners in C.P.No.32/2018 Vs.

1.The Registrar of Companies, The Office of the Registrar of Companies, Stock Exchange Building, 2nd Floor, 683, Trichy Road, Singanallur, Coimbatore - 641 005.

... 1st Respondent in C.P.Nos.19, 30 & 31/2018 1.The Registrar of Companies, The Office of the Registrar of Companies, 5th floor, Shastri Bhawan, No.26, Haddows Road, Chennai - 600 006.

... 1st Respondent in 1/5

C.P.Nos.29 & 32/2018 2.Union of India, Through its Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, 5th floor, A wing, "Shashtri Bhavan", New Delhi - 110 001.

... 2nd Respondent in all CPs Common Prayer : Company Petitions filed under Section 463 (1) &

(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, seeking to (a) declare that the disqualification of the petitioners and the consequential blocking of the Digital Signature Certificate of the petitioners by the respondents is illegal, null and void and consequently direct 1st respondent to remove their disqualification to serve on the Boards of the Companies and more fully described in Schedule A to the petitions; (b) issue a direction to 1st and 2nd respondents to activate their Director Identification Numbers (01007525), (03635177), (03077795) and (02221838) respectively, to enable them to use their Director Identification Number.

For petitioners : Mr.G. Sudhakar (in CP.Nos.19 & 30/2018) For petitioners : Mr.K.M. Anand (in CP.Nos.29 & 31/2018) For petitioners : Mr.O. Padmaprakash (in CP.No.32/2018) For respondents : Mr.T.V. Krishnamachari, 2/5

Senior Panel Counsel 3/5

COMMON ORDER These petitions have been filed challenging the disqualification under Section 463 of the Companies Act, 2013.

2. The period of disqualification has already got over. In view of the same, the learned counsels appearing for the respective petitioners in these Company Petitions, would submit that the Company Petitions have now become infructuous. The said statement is recorded.

3. Accordingly, these Company Petitions are dismissed as infructuous. Connected applications are closed. 31.07.2023 Index: Yes/ No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet: Yes/No Sni 4/5

ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.

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