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1 - 10 of 11 (0.43 seconds)Section 7Q in Employees Provident Funds Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 [Entire Act]
Section 17 in Employees Provident Funds Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 [Entire Act]
Employees Provident Funds Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
The Companies Act, 1956
Union Of India vs Raman Iron Foundry on 12 March, 1974
There is no question of the Official Liquidator himself adjudicating these
damages. That jurisdiction rests exclusively with the authorities under the PF
Act. Till such adjudication is made, there is no debt provable before the Official
Liquidator. The following observations of the Supreme Court in relation to the
nature of a claim for unliquidated damages for breach of contract, in the case of
Union of India Vs. Raman Iron Foundry3, are instructive in this behalf :
Section 4 in The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 [Entire Act]
Idbi Ltd vs Official Liquidator on 7 June, 2011
There is no difficulty about payability of such interest under Section
7Q; the question is whether such interest is provable in winding up of an
insolvent company. Rule 179 of the Companies (Court) Rules contains the only
provision for payment of interest after the date of the winding up order. In the
first place, such interest is paid only in the event of there being a surplus after
payment in full of all claims admitted to proof and secondly, it cannot exceed 4
per cent per annum on the admitted amount of the claim. As held by our Court
in IDBI Ltd. Vs. Official Liquidator, High Court of Bombay, Nagpur Bench 4
and in Re Pal Peugeot Ltd.,5 creditors of a company (who would include even
workmen to the extent of their dues) cannot claim in winding up interest for the
period subsequent to the winding up if there is no surplus and even in the event
of surplus, interest of more than 4 per cent per annum. Secured Creditors may
pursue their remedy outside winding up. Likewise, workmen can enforce their
charge over the property outside winding up to recover their dues. In such a
case, the condition of interest being payable only in certain event and subject to
a certain extent, may not apply. But if secured creditors or workmen approach
4 2011 (4) ALL MR 770
5 Company Petition No. 110 of 2000 dated 22/09/2011.