Supreme Court of India

Hooghly Mills Company Ltd. v. The State of West Bengal and Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 13 S.C.R. 406
Bench Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 17 October 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that where the Magistrate has found that prima facie the company has a right to possession of the disputed property, he may grant interlocutory relief under Section 630(2) prior to conclusion of the HOOGHLY MILLS COMPANY LTD. v.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Companies Act, 1956 : s.630(1) and (2) – Criminal complaint by complainan t Company – Against the accused alleging that he was not d elivering the possession of the residential premises (which h e was given in the capacity of Director of the Company) even after ceasing to be Director of the Company – Also filed application for dispo ssessing the accused – Plea of the accused was that there wa s oral understanding between him and the original owners of the property that the same would be transferred to him, when he would pay the sale consideration – Thereafter, accused filed a su it against

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