Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 38 · Decided 24 February 1970
H. P. Gupta v. Hiralal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 38 · [1970] 3 S.C.R. 788
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 225/1966
- Decided
- 24 February 1970
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, G.K. MITTER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Companies Act Section 207
Headnote
B Jndian Companies ~t (of 1956). s. 201-Jurisdiction to t? co~p/aint Jor failure to pay dividend-Whether at place where cumpany s registered .-0ffice or shareholder's registered address. The respondent filed. complaints before the Magistrate ~t Meerut under s. 207 of the Companies Act, 1956 on an C was at Delhi, to pay the respondent dividends on shares held by h•_m, although the dividends were declared by tire company for the respective years. The appellant contended that the Magistrate at Meerut _had no jurisdiction to try the complaints and that the Magistrate at pel~1
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