Supreme Court of India

M.V. Janardhan Reddy v. Vijaya Bank & Anr.

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Reported as [2008] 7 S.C.R. 520
Bench C.K. Thakker and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 2 May 2008

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeal deserves to be partly allowed and is accordingly allowed to the extent indicated G above.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Companies Act, 1956 - Company in liquidation - Sale of properties by way of auction - Grant of permission, subject c to confirmation by company court - Auction sale - Confirmation of, by Recovery Officer- Held: Not correct - Order • passed by officer having no authority of law has no effect - It does not create any right in favour of a party for whom such order is made nor imposes any obligation on the opposite party against whom it was passed - Parties were aware about the condition that sale was subject to confirmation by court - Thus, Recovery Officer could not confirm the sale - He did

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