1931 (5) TMI 24

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..... ian Companies Act to levy execution upon a certificate issued by the Certificate Officer, Asansol, for the recovery of a sum of Rs. 1,955 said to be recoverable as a public demand on account of the applicant's dues under the Indian Mining Settlement Act, II of 1913. It is stated that it is a debt due to the Crown, which I will assume to be correct, and a question arises as to the prerogative rig .....

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..... not bound by the Companies Act, and, accordingly, held that section 171 of the Indian Companies Act did not restrict any of the rights to recover debts due to it which the Crown might possess in virtue of its prerogative. Mr. Sen has however, very properly invited my attention to a late authority which does not appear to have been cited before my learned brother and that is In re H. J. Webb Co. .....

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