Supreme Court of India

Needle Industries (india) Ltd., & Ors. v. Needle Industries Newey (india) Holding Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [1981] 3 S.C.R. 698

Bench Y.V. Chandrachud J.

Decided 7 May 1981

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that they do not require an express provision in the Articles of the Company which is otherwise than what is provided for in clause (c).

Judgment, page 124

Authorities it was built on

1960 The Vanguard Fire and General Insurance Co. Ltd., Madras v. M/s. Fraser and Ross and Another. cited by 23

Where later benches applied it

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2016 Tin Plate Dealers Association Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Satish Chandra Sanwalka & Ors. relied on
2023 Hasmukhlal Madhavlal Patel and Anr. v. Ambika Food Products Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. referred to
2022 M/s Bhagwandas B. Ramchandani v. British Airways referred to
2021 Tata Consultancy Services Limited v. Cyrus Investments Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. referred to
2019 Central Public Information Officer, v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal referred to
2011 Chatterjee Petrochem (i) Pvt. Ltd. v. Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. & Ors. referred to

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