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TMI Blog1940 (7) TMI 15X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... a petition by the Registrar of Companies praying that an order may be made for removing the voluntary liquidator and appointing another liquidator, preferably the Court Liquidator, in his place, or in the alternative that the company may be directed to be wound up under the supervision and by and under the directions of the Court. It is conceded by both parties that the right to make the petition ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ause nothing is mentioned in the sub-section showing who is entitled to make the application, the Court can entertain such an application at the instance of any party. In support of this contention the learned Advocate-General relied on Sunlight Incandescent Gas Lamp Company, In re [1900] (2 Ch. 728) and Kaikkushru Chanda-bhoy v. Tata Industrial Bank [1924] (26 Bom. L.R. 237). It must be not ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . It is evident that sub-sections (8) and (9) of section 207 are out of place. section 207 begins with the words "The following consequences shall ensue on the winding up of a Company." It is clear that the provisions found in sub-sections (8) and (9) are not consequences which ensue on the voluntary winding up of a Company. The English Companies Act, 1862, properly contained in a separate section ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... idator of a new Company was dismissed on the ground that he was not a creditor of the Company whose liquidator he sought to get removed. The preliminary objection was thus upheld and the petition was dismissed with costs. This decision is shown to be good law and is noticed in recognised text books on company law as an authority for the proposition that the parties mentioned in section 138 only we ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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