Rule 88 - Petition under section 397 or 398. - Company Court Rules, 1959

Relief in case of oppression or mismanagement (Sections 397 to 407) Petition under section 397 or 398. 88. (1) Where a petition is pre sented under section 397 or 398 on behalf of any members of a company entitled to apply under section 399(1), by any one or more of them, the letter of consent signed by the rest of the members so entitled authorising the petition er or petitioners to present the petition on their behalf, shall be annexed to the petition, and the names and addresses of all the members on whose behalf the petition is presented shall be set out in a Schedule to the petition, and where the company has a share capital, the petition shall state whether the petitioners have paid all calls and other sums due on their respective shares. Where the petition is presented by any member or members authorised by the Central Government under section 399(4), the order of the Central Government authorising such member or members to present the petition shall be similarly annexed to the petition. A petition under section 397 shall be in Form No. 43, and a petition under section 398 shall be in Form No. 44. (2) A petition under section 397 or 398 shall not be withdrawn without leave of the Court, and where the petition has been presented by a member or members authorised by the Central Government under sub-section (4) of section 399, notice of the application for leave to withdraw shall be given to the Central Government.