Vedica Procon Private Limited vs Balleshwar Greens Private Limited And ... on 13 August, 2015
42. Manoj I Naik & Associates v. Official Liquidator, (2015) 3 SCC 112,
once again was a case where certain properties of a company in liquidation
was brought to sale. The company Judge declined to accept the highest
offer received on the ground that the value of the property would be much
higher than what was offered. Eventually, when the matter reached this
Court at the instance of the highest bidder, the highest bidder himself
substantially raised his offer whereas certain other respondents also
offered much higher amounts for the property. From the judgment, it
appears that there was virtually a scramble for the property, each of the
parties to the proceedings offering very high prices. While the original
successful bidder’s offer was only Rs.1.3 crores, by the time the matter
was heard and disposed of by this Court, it reached an amount of Rs.70
crores. Once again, it must be noticed that there is a time gap of almost
a decade. It is not possible to cull out from the judgment the actual date
of the auction by the official liquidator.