Bharat Kumar Dilwali vs Bharat Carbon & Ribbon Mft. Ltd. on 9 December, 1971
The first respondent appointed the second respondent Thiru.K.Somasundaram to convene a special meeting of the Board for the removal of the petitioner from the post of Vice-President through No Confidence Motion. The second respondent has issued the notice on 17.06.2014 to convene the special meeting of the Board to be held on 23.06.2014 at 05.45 p.m. and was issued on 17.06.2014 and the aforesaid notice was received by the Writ Petitioner on 20.06.2014. The Writ Petitioner also, in support of his contention, placed before this court the meaning of clear days which was proposed in Law Lexicon is useful to extract the said definition of clear days means, in any case, in any particular, number of days no expressed to be clear days is prescribed by the rules of the Supreme Court. The same shall be reckoned, exclusively on the first day and inclusively on the last day. The counsel for the petitioner has relied upon the decision of the Delhi High Court in the case of Bharat Kumar Dilwari Vs Bharat Carbon & Ribbon Mft. Ltd dated 09.12.1971 = --- equivalency ILR 1972 Delhi 837 wherein it was held that, the --- not less than 21 days notice means not less than 21 clear days, exclusively of the day of service of the notice and exclusively of the day meeting is held.