Supreme Court of India

Devas Multimedia Private Ltd. v. Antrix Corporation Ltd. & Anr

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Bench Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 17 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly came into force on 15.11.2016. 8.8 In contrast, the provisions of Sections 4 to 32 of IBC came into force on 1.12.2016 vide S.O 3594(E) dated 30.11.2016.

Judgment, page 50

From the headnote

Company Law – Winding up of a company – Fraud as a ground for winding up – Distinguishing features between Companies Act, 1956 and Companies Act, 2013, with regard to question of availability of fraud as a ground for winding up of a company – Discussed – Held: The main departure of the Companies Act, 2013 from the statutory regime of the Companies Act, 1956, is the specific inclusion of fraud, directly as one of the circumstances in which a company could be wound up – s.271 of the 2013 Act lists out the circumstances in which a company may be wound up – Fraud has now directly become (under…

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