Atul Khosla & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

Delhi High Court · 23 Oct 2018 · 2018:DHC:8845-DB
V. Kameswar Rao
W.P.(C) 9439/2017 & CM No.38418/2017
2018:DHC:8845-DB
administrative petition_dismissed

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The Delhi High Court dismissed petitions challenging actions by the Registrar of Companies outside its territorial jurisdiction, reaffirming that such matters must be filed before courts with proper territorial jurisdiction.

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$-59, 61, 62, 67, 68, 77, 79, 80, 100, 129, 190, 225, 227, 229, 235, 236, 237, 271, 283, 293, 298, 317, 318, 329, 332, 337, 349, 355, 358, 363, 364, 371, 372, 373, 377, 380, 388, 395, 401, 413, 417, 419, 420, 421, 423, 425, 430, 469,471,475,477,479,571.
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C) 9439/2017 & CM No.38418/2017
ATUL KHOSLA & ANR.
4- Petitioners
VERSUS
....Respondents UNION OF INDIA & ORS ALONG
WITH
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W.P.(C) . 470/2018 & CM No.2020/2018; W.P.(C).693/2018 & CM
No.2995/2018 & 10092/2018; W.P.(C). 10875/2017 & CM No.44515/2017;
W.P.(C).749/2018 & CM No.3133; W.P.(C). 11524/2017 & CM
No.46964/2017; W.P.(C).208/2018 & CM Nos.845/2018, 10094/2018;
W.P.(C).469/2018 & CM No.2018/2018; W.P.(C).2259/2018 & CM
No.9343/2018; W.P.(C).3071/2018 & CM No.12240/2018;
W.P.(C).4403/2018 & CM No.l7114/2018; W.P.(C).6120/2018 & CM
No.23747/2018; W.P.(C).6122/2018 & CM No.23751/2018;
W.P.(C).6186/2018 & CM No.23894/2018; W.P.(C).6214/2018 & CM
No.23964/2018; W.P.(C).6251/2018 & CM No.24128/2018;
W.P.(C).6255/2018 & CM No.24134/2018; W.P.(C).7072/2018 & CM
No.26894/2018; W.P.(C).7265/2018 & CM No.27715/2018;
W.P.(C).7365/2018 & CM No.28166/2018; W.P.(C).7370/2018 & CM
No.28175/2018; W.P.(C).7605/2018 & CM Nos.29083-84/2018;
W.P.(C).7606/2018 & CM No.29089-29090/2018; W.P.(C).7^77/20.18 &
CM No.29416/2018; W.P.(C).7824/2018 & CM No.29958/2018; W.P.(C).
7860/2018 & CMNo.30159/2018; W.P.(C).8028/2018; W.P.(C).8084/2018
& CM No.30957/2018; W.P.(C).8110/2018 & CM No.31102/2018;
W.P.(C).8283/2018 & CM No.31766/2018; W.P:(C).8285/2018. & CM
No.31771/2018; W.P.(C).8375/2018 & CM No.32137/2018;
W.P.(C).8381/2018; W.P.(C).8390/2018 & CM No.32227/2018;
W.P.(C).8517/2018 & CM No.32758/2018; W.P.(C).8557/2018 & CM
No.32872/2018; W.P.(C).8599/2018 & CM No.33035/2018;
W.P.(C).8759/2018 & CM Nos.33644-45/2018; W.P.(C).8840/2018 & CM
No.33995/2018; W.P.(C).9024/2018 & CM No.34708/2018;
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W.P.(C).9028/2018 & CM No.34716/2018; W.P.(C).9037/2018 & CM
No.34730/2018; W.P.(C).9111/2018 & CM No.35165/2018;
W.P.(C).9112/2018 & CM No.35169/2018; W.P.(C).9137/2018 & CM
No.35231/201/8; W.P.(C).9155/2018 & CM No.35306/2018;
W.P.(C).9356/2018 & CM No.36271/2018;; W.P.(C).10167/2018 & CM
No.39636/2018; W.P.(C).10169/2018 & C.Ms. No.39678-79/2018, 39732/2018; W.P.(C).10179/2018 & CM No.39657/2018;
W.P.(C) 10207/2018 & CM No.39815/2018; and W.P.(C). 10209/2018 &
C.M. No.39822/2018, W.P.(C).l 1206/2018 & CMNo.43540/2018;
.! Advocates who appeared in the matters:
For Petitioners:
Mr.Vivek Kohli, Adv. with Mr.Sandeep Bhuraria, Ms.Anubha Singh
Abhyankar, Ms.Neetika Bajaj, Advs. for the petitioner in Item No.59.
Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan, Adv. for Petitioner in Items No.61, 62, 79, 80, Mr. Amish Tandon, Adv. with Mr.Varun Phogat, Ms.Swati Koshal, Advs. for appellant/petitioner in Items No.329.
Mr. Azaz Ahmad, Advocate for petitioner in Items No. 129.
Mr. S.P. Chawla, Adv. for Petitioner in Item No. 190
Mr. Ayush, Adv. in Item No.329 Mr. Karun Grover, Adv. in Item No.349
Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Mr.Ritu Kliurana, Advs. in Item No.364, 371, 373, 377, 380,388,395,398,401.
Mr. G.P. Madaan, Mr. Ishaan Madaan , Ms. Payal Juneja and Mr. Sahil Tanwar, Advocates for petitioners in Items No. 100, 235, 229.
Mr. S.P. Singh Chawla, Advocate for petitioner in Item No. 227.
Ml'. A.K. Pandey & Mr. Ramesh Chandra, Advocates for Petitioner in Items
No. 236, 237.
Ms. Sonika Sharma, Adv. for petitioner in Item No.271.
Mr. Himanshu Harbola and Mr. Ketan Madan, Advocates for petitioner in
ItemsNo. 293,298, 395.
Mr.Gaurav Varma, Adv. with Mr.Mohit Das, Adv. for the petitioner in Items
No.317,.571.
Mr. Ayush, Adv. in Item No.329.
Mr.Kumar Shashank, Adv. with Ms.Rukhmini Bobde, Mr.Manik Sethi, Advs. for the petitioner in Item No.332.
Mr. Karun Grover, Adv. in Item No.349.
Mr. Praveen K. Mittal, Adv. For petitioner in Item No.358.
Mr.Anuj Mirdha, Adv. with Ms.Ansu Bhanot, Mr.Tushar Gupta, Advs. for i
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Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Mr. Prateek Goel and Ms. Ritu Khurana, Advocates for petitioners in Items No. 364, 371, 373, 377, 380, 388, 398, 401, 419, 421, 423,425,436,430.
Mr. Varun Kashyap, Adv. in Item No.372.
Mr.Rahul Ahuja, Mr.Sourabh Kalia, Advs. in Item Nos. 411.
Mr.B.K.Mishra, Adv. for the petitioner in Items No.417.
Mr. Prachi Johri, Adv. for petitioner in Item No. 420
Mr.Naresh Kumar Bansal, Adv. with Mr.Alok Sinha, Adv. for petitioner in
Item No.469.
Mr.Naresh Kumar Bansal, Adv. with Mr.Alok Sinha, Adv. for petitioner in
Item No. 471, 475, 477, 479.
For Respondents:
Mrs. Maninder Acharya, ASG with Mrs. Bharathi Raju CGSC for
Respondent No. 1 & 2 (UOI).
Mrs. Supama Srivastava and Ms. Sanjna Dua, Advocates for
Respondent/UOI in Items No. 59.
Mr. Ashim Sood , CGSC and Mr. Aditya Kumar, Advocates for
Respondents in Items No. 62, 293, 298.
Mr.Dev P. Bhardwaj, CGSC with Ms.Akanksha Mishra, Adv. in Item
No.67.
Ms. Ruchi Jain, Adv. for UOI in Item No.68.
Mr. P.S. Singh, Senior Penal Counsel for respondent/ UOI with Ms.Annu
Singh and Mi'. Rajpal Singh, Advocates in Items No. 77
Mr. Viki-am Jetly, Adv. CGSC for UOI in items No.100, 388.
Ml'. Abhay Prakash Sahay, Adv. for CGSC UOI with Mr. Suraj Kiimar and
Mr. Shivam Wadhwa, Advocates in Item No. 190, 329, 373. ;■
Mr. Rahul Sharma & Mr,. C.K. Bhatt, Advocates for R-1 & 2 in Item NO. 225,227 i Mr. Vivekanand Mishra, Senior Advocate for Rjespondents in Items No.229,
JUDGMENT

235. - Mr. Viki'am Jetly, Adv. CGSC for UOI in items No. 318,337. Mr.Pratyush Miglani, Adv. for UOI/ROC in Item Nos.236, 237, 271, 420. Mr.Manish Mohan, CGSC for R[1] & R[2] in Item No. 372 Mr. Mahender Kumar Bhardwaj with Ms. Vinita Kumari Ashutosh, Advs. for UOI in ItemNos.317, 332, 349, 363, 421. Mr.Manish Mohan, CGSC for R[1] & R[2] in Item No.372. Mr. Sandeep Mahapatra, Adv. for R-1 & 2 in Item Nos.377, 413 I { Page 3 of[4] W.P.(C) No.9439/2017 & connected matters Mr. Vinod Diwakar, CGSC with Mr. Kashish Bajaj, Adv. for R-1 & 2 in Item Nos. 395. Mr. Piyush Gaur, Adv. for respondents in Item No. 401. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR.

JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO ORDER 23.10.2018 % The issue involved in these cases pertains to action taken by the Registrar of Companies situated outside the territorial jurisdiction of this Court and under identical situations, on account of lack of territorial jurisdiction we had refused to, interfere into such matters earlier. Accordingly, these petitions are also dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to file appropriate petitions before the Courts having temtorial jurisdiction over the matter. All pending applications shall also stand disposed of CHiEF JUSTICE

V. RAMESWAR RAO, J