Ashok Sachdev v. The Secretary
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 13.09.2019
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH CRL.OP.No.21454 OF 2019 Ashok Sachdev
...Petitioner
Vs
1. The Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, 'A' Wing, 5th Floor, Shastri Bhawan Dr.Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi.
2. The Senior Assistant Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Govt. of India, "Corporate Bhavan"
Ground Floor, No.29, Rajaji Salai, Chennai-600001.
3. The Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, 2nd Floor, Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-11003.
4. The Additional Director, Hyderabad, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, 4th Floor, Corporate Bhawan, Survey No.127/1, Thattiannaram Village, Bandlaguda, Hyathnagar, Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad-500068.
5. Ramesh PallavaramKothandaraman
6. S.Ravindranathan
7. Maria Ramesh
8. Praveen Kumar Ramesh.
...Respondents
1/3
PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, praying direct the respondents 1 to 4 to carry out a thorough enquiry to be conducted into the affairs of the Company Call Express Construction (India) Pvt.
Ltd.
(CIN:
U45201TN2006PTC058525) through Serious Fraud Investigation Officer under the Companies Act, 2013 as well as other applicable laws by appointing an Inspector having expertise in unravelling corporate frauds under the aegis of Ministry of Corporate Affairs in furtherance of petitioner's representation dated 26.06.2019.
For Petitioner : Mr.M.Sricharan Rangarajan For Respondents 1-4 : Mr.Venkataswamy Babu Senior Panel Counsel
O R D E R
The limited prayer sought for in the present Writ Petition is to consider the petitioner's representation dated 26.06.2019, wherein the petitioner has ventilated the grievances seeking enquiry to be conducted into the affairs of the Company Call Express Construction (India) Pvt.
Ltd.
(CIN:
U45201TN2006PTC058525) through Serious Fraud Investigation Officer under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 2013.
2. In view of the limited prayer sought for and without going into the merits of the claim made by the petitioner in his representation dated 26.02.2019, there shall be a direction to first respondent herein to consider the case on its own merits and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
3. The Criminal Original Petition stands disposed of accordingly.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CCC) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar 2/3
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1. The Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, 'A' Wing, 5th Floor, Shastri Bhawan Dr.Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi.
2. The Senior Assistant Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Govt. of India, "Corporate Bhavan"
Ground Floor, No.29, Rajaji Salai, Chennai-600001.
3. The Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, 2nd Floor, Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-11003.
4. The Additional Director, Hyderabad, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, 4th Floor, Corporate Bhawan, Survey No.127/1, Thattiannaram Village, Bandlaguda, Hyathnagar, Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad-500068.
+1cc to Mr.Venkataswamy Babu, Advocate sr.78866 CRL.OP.No.21454 OF 2019 rr(co) nr 31/10/2019 3/3