Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 116 · Decided 4 May 1966
The Barium Chemicals LTD. and ANR. v. The Company Law Board and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 116 · [1966] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 311
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 381/1966
- Decided
- 4 May 1966
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.R. MUDHOLKAR, R.S. BACHAWAT, J.M. SHELAT (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226; Companies Act
Headnote
Companies Act, 1956, ss. lOE, 234, 235, 236 and 237-scope Of­ Whether s. 237(b) violative of Articles 14 and 19(1) (g) of the Con­ stitution. T~ Company Law Board was constituted under Section 10E of the Companies Aet, 1956, and the Central Government powers under the Act, including those under Section 237, to•the lil<Mrd. The Government also framed rules under Section 642(1) ritatl with. Section 1QE(5) called the Company Law Board (Procedure) Rules lml4 Rule 3 of which empowered the Chairman of the Board to distribute the business of
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