Supreme Court of India

Shailesh Prabhudas Mehta and Ors. v. Calico Dying and Printing Mills Ltd.

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Reported as [1994] 1 S.C.R. 968
Bench K. Jayachandra Reddy and G.N. Ray JJ.
Decided 15 February 1994

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we are of the view that the High Court has rightly held that the right to refuse is not lost.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Companies Act, 1956 : Section 111. Shares-Transmission and Registration-Power of Board of Directors of Company-Refusal to register shares-Notice of refusal of registration within 2 months from the date of lodging-Right to. refuse registration of shares-Whether lost on .the expiry of pe1iod of two months. Articles of Association-In the absence of specific power to refuse registration of shares-Board of Directors of Company-Whether can refuse registration. Amendment of Articles of Association confening power to refuse registration-Subsequent lodging of shares for transfe~Action of amending

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