Madras High Court
Durairaj Dhanasekaran vs Union Of India on 26 March, 2021
Author: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
Bench: Sanjib Banerjee, Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy
W.A.No.908 of 2021
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 26.03.2021
CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR.SANJIB BANERJEE, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
W.A.No.908 of 2021
Durairaj Dhanasekaran .. Appellant
Vs
1. Union of India
rep. by its Secretary
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Shastri Bhawan, Dr.Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi – 110 001.
2. The Registrar of Companies
Tamilnadu, Chennai
Block No.6, B Wing 2nd Floor
Shastri Bhawan 26,
Haddows Road
Chennai – 600 006. ..
Respondents
Prayer: Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the
order made in W.P.No.17234 of 2019 on 27.1.2020.
For Appellant : Mr.S.Satish
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For Respondents : Mr.C.Kulanthaivel
Standing Counsel
for 1st respondent
JUDGMENT
(Delivered by Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J.) The writ appeal challenges the order dated 27.01.2020 in W.P.No.17234 of 2019.
2. A Division Bench of this Court, in a batch of writ appeals, decided on October 9, 2020, in Meethelaveetil Kaitheri Muralidharan and others v. Union of India and another, reported in (2020) 6 CTC 113 : (2020) 7 MLJ 641 : 2020 SCC OnLine Mad 2958, allowed all the writ appeals and held that prior notice is necessary before disqualifying Directors under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and that the Registrar of Companies is not entitled to deactivate the Director Identification Number (DIN) for failure to file financial statements under applicable law and rules framed thereunder. The present writ appeal is squarely covered by the said judgment.
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3. Accordingly, the writ appeal, W.A.No.908 of 2021, is allowed in terms of the aforesaid judgment. No costs.
(S.B., CJ.) (S.K.R., J.)
26.03.2021
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sasi
To:
1. The Secretary
Union of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shastri Bhawan, Dr.Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi – 110 001.
2. The Registrar of Companies Tamilnadu, Chennai Block No.6, B Wing 2nd Floor Shastri Bhawan 26, Haddows Road Chennai – 600 006.
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