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WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 1 - R IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12 TH DAY OF JUNE, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MRS.JUSTICE B.V.NAGARATHNA WRIT PETITION Nos.52911/2017 C/W 49012/2018, 49989-49991/2018, 50103/2018, 50244-50245/2018, 50443/2018, 50678-50679/2018, 47796/2018 & 52294- 52295/2018, 48232/2018, 50809-50810/2018, 52055/2018, 52293/2018, 52071/2018, 53208/2018, 53209/2018, 53210/2018, 53442/2018, 52460/2018, 52610/2018, 52611/2018, 52612/2018, 52766/2018, 52820-52822/2018, 3274/2018, 6875/2018, 45742- 45743/2017, 49062/2017, 51714-51716/2017, 52720- 52721/2017, 54764/2017, 54765/2017, 55323- 55324/2017, 55623/2017, 55702/2017, 55942/2017, 55949/2017, 55950/2017, 56178-56179/2017, 56180/2017, 581/2018, 603-604/2018, 613/2018, 1872/2018, 1958/2018, 3132/2018, 3350-3351/2018, 3840/2018, 3841/2018, 3849/2018, 3957/2018, 4741/2018, 5464/2018, 5465/2018, 5639/2018, 5640/2018, 5813/2018, 6961/2018, 6962/2018, 9050/2018, 9051/2018, 9052/2018, 9531/2018 & 10113-10116/2018, 9786/2018, 10188/2018, 11652/2018, 11654/2018, 11657/2018, 11829/2018, WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 2 - 12062/2018, 12159/2018, 13075/2018, 13205- 13206/2018, 13303/2018, 13304-13305/2018, 13306/2018, 13307/2018, 13326-13327/2018, 13531/2018, 13773/2018, 13784-13792/2018, 13835/2018 & 17372-17376/2018, W.P.Nos.13853/2018 C/W W.P.Nos.11865/2018, 17428/2018, 17430/2018, 11509/2018 & 13263/2018, 12061/2018, 6876/2018, 6853/2018, 15616-15617/2018, 15686/2018, 8036/2018, 3842/2018, 3275/2018, 52350/2017, 10187/2018, 56364/2017, 54832-54834/2017, 54260- 54263/2017, 51408/2017, 52351/2017, 51121- 51122/2017, 15797/2018, 4669/2018, 3273/2018, 14465/2018, 17149/2018, 14466/2018, 10752/2018, 14464/2018, 8205/2018, 6854/2018, 27876- 27877/2018, 28554/2018, 27779-27780/2018, 55358- 55359/2017, 51767-51768/2017, 52904-52906/2017, 53707/2017, 54766/2017, 54219-54220/2017, 54830- 54831/2017, 53607-53609/2017, 47145-47146/2017, 51769/2017, 49124/2017, 53237-53238/2017, 56098- 56099/2017, 56394/2017, 29857/2018, 27756/2018, 29425/2018, 23905/2018, 26089-26090/2018, 27599- 27600/2018, 27598/2018, 27891/2018, 26851- 26852/2018, 27297-27298/2018, 27459-27461/2018, 28185/2018, 25635/2018, 25637/2018, 26624- WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 3 - 26625/2018, 27926/2018, 27927/2018, 27564/2018, 11324/2018, 11656/2018, 27890/2018, 27601/2018, 26060-26061/2018, 25194/2018, 25203/2018, 13756/2018, 29593-29597/2018, 25706/2018, 56374/2017, 56393/2017, 48347/2017, 52952/2017, 51765-51766/2017, 48364-48365/2017, 53604- 53606/2017, 30800/2018, 30732-30734/2018, 27548- 27549/2018, 31035/2018, 28620/2018, 31575/2018, 31576/2018, 24976/2018, 31172/2018, 25036/2018 & 25298/2018, 30070/2018, 54337/2018 & 56001/2018, 14468/2018, 15841/2018, 15938-15940/2018, 17242- 17243/2018, 17328/2018, 17329/2018, 17330/2018, 17427/2018, 17429/2018, 17456/2018, 18384/2018, 19712-19713/2018, 21999-22000/2018, 22001- 22002/2018, 22003-22004/2018, 22005/2018, 22006- 22007/2018, 22008/2018, 22010/2018, 22011/2018, 22122-22123/2018, 22124-22125/2018, 22483- 22484/2018, 22485-22486/2018, 22491-22492/2018, 22494-22495/2018, 22499/2018, 22500-22501/2018, 22512-22513/2018, 22515-22516/2018, 22517/2018, 22706/2018, 22800/2018, 22801/2018, 22819- 22821/2018, W.P.Nos.23517/2018 C/W 21153/2018, 17933-17934/2018 & 20451-20454/2018, 23682/2018, 23610-23624/2018, 23524/2018, 23894/2018, 24083- WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 4 - 24084/2018, 24087/2018 & 24088/2018, 24345- 24346/2018, 25206/2018, W.P.Nos.25683-25684/2018 C/W 25930-25931/2018, 25928/2018, 25927/2018, 25929/2018, 23728/2018 & 24163-24164/2018, 24343- 24344/2018, 24085-24086/2018, 23906/2018, 31947- 31948/2018, 31992/2018, 31994/2018, 32065- 32068/2018, 32069-32071/2018, 32615/2018, 30995/2018, 32347/2018, 32348/2018, 33081/2018, 31511-31513/2018, 28487/2018, 14828-14830/2018, W.P.Nos.26991/2018 C/W 26992/2018, W.P.Nos.27420/2018 C/W 27421/2018, 27892/2018, 27893/2018, 32881/2018, 33080/2018, 33933/2018, 34002/2018, 34186/2018, 31733-31734/2018, 34832/2018, 35330/2018, 35101/2018, 29962/2018, 36624/2018, 36613/2018, 36522/2018, 34844/2018, 35332/2018, 38408/2018, 38495/2018, 34845/2018, 34930/2018 & 35321/2018, 29165/2018, W.P.Nos.38722/2018 C/W 38952/2018, 39975- 39976/2018, 39836/2018, 40936/2018, 41535/2018, 41536/2018, 39347/2018, 39348-39349/2018, 39814/2018, 36625/2018, 40817/2018, 41215/2018, 41217/2018, 42814/2018, 43039/2018, 43394/2018, 43851/2018, 43859/2018, 43860/2018, 38914/2018, 42805-42808/2018, 44521-44522/2018, 40760/2018, WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 5 - 25707/2018, 44147/2018, 43198/2018, 44148/2018, 44729/2018, 44730/2018, 44839/2018 & 46210/2018, 45594/2018, 46208/2018, 47819-47821/2018, 29233/2018, 38913/2018 (GM-RES) IN W.P.No.52911/2017 BETWEEN: YASHODHARA SHROFF W/O. SANJAY SHROFF, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.42, “SAMPURNA” 8, PALACE ROAD, BANGALORE – 560 020. KARNATAKA. ... PETITIONER (BY SRI PRAVEEN KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR SMT. NALINA MAYEGOWDA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, SHASHTRI BHAWAN, DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 001. 2. REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES ‘E’ WING, 2 ND FLOOR, KENDRIYA SADAN, KORAMANGALA, BENGALURU – 560 034. REP. BY ITS REGIONAL DIRECTOR. ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI PRABHULING NAVADGI, ADDL. SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR R-1 & R-2) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED LIST PUBLISHED BY RESPONDENT IN ITS OFFICIAL WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 6 - WEBSITE (ANNEXURE-A) AS FAR AS IT RELATES TO THE PETITIONER. IN W.P.No.49012/2018 BETWEEN: T.V. MARUTHI S/O. K. THIMMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 83 YEARS, R/AT NO.128, LAVELLE ROAD, 1ST CROSS, BANGALORE – 560 001. ... PETITIONER (BY SRI SANTHOSH S. NAGARALE, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, SHASTRI BHAWAN, DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 001. 2. REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES E-WING, 2 ND FLOOR, KENDRIYA SADAN, KORAMANGALA, BENGALURU – 560 034. ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI PRABHULING NAVADGI, ADDL. SOLICITOR GENERAL A/W SMT. ANUPAMA HEGDE, CGC FOR R-1 & R-2) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DECLARE THAT SECTION 164(2)(a), 167 AND PROVISO TO 167 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND THE PRESS RELEASE DATED 06.09.2017 AT ANNEXURE-A, QUA DIRECTORS OF PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, IS IN VIOLATION AND IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE PROVISIONS OF PART III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA AND ETC., IN W.P.Nos.49989-49991/2018 BETWEEN: 1. KARAN GOEL AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 7 - S/O. SATISHCHAND GOEL, DIRECTOR OF INTERSTUHL SEATINGS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED, BEARING DIN 00220454, RESIDING AT FLAT NO.F-5, ‘J’ BLOCK, GOLDEN ARCHID APARTMENTS, 10/8, KASTURBA ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 001. 2. MANAV GOEL AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, S/O. SATISHCHAND GOEL, DIRECTOR OF INTERSTUHL SEATINGS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED AND SUNCITY KARNATAKA DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED, BEARING DIN 00245107, RESIDING AT FLAT NO.F-5, ‘J’ BLOCK, GOLDEN ARCHID APARTMENTS, 10/8, KASTURBA ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 001. 3. SATHISHCHAND GOEL AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS, S/O. HUKUMCHAND GOEL, DIRECTOR OF INTERSTUHL SEATINGS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED AND SUNCITY KARNATAKA DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED, BEARING DIN 00244162, RESIDING AT FLAT NO.F-5, ‘J’ BLOCK, GOLDEN ARCHID APARTMENTS, 10/8, KASTURBA ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 001. ... PETITIONERS (BY SMT. SHYAMALA V. DEVAGIRI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES 2ND FLOOR, ‘E’ WING, KENDRIYA SADAN, KORAMANGALA, BENGALURU – 560 034. 2. THE UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY, 5TH FLOOR, ‘A’ WING, SHASTRI BHAWAN, WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 8 - DR. RAJENDRAPRASAD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 001. ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI PRABHULING NAVADGI, ADDL. SOLICITOR GENERAL A/W SMT. ANUPAMA HEGDE, CGC FOR R-1 & R-2) THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE DIRECTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE “CONDONATION OF DELAY SCHEME 2018” (FOR SHORT “CODS 2018”) INTRODUCED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS CONFERRED ON IT UNDER SECTIONS 403, 459 AND 460 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013, AS AMENDED IS VIRTUALLY DEPRIVING THE PETITIONERS ANY KIND OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE MATTER OF SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORSHIP SUFFERED BY THEM BY OPERATION OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED UNDER SECTION 164 OF THE SAID ACT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE VERY PURPORT, INTENTION AND OBJECT OF THE SAID SCHEME WAS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NON- COMPLAINT DEFAULTING COMPANIES TO RECTIFY THE DEFAULT AND ETC., IN W.P.No.50103/2018 BETWEEN: MR. NEJEEB KHAN RAYAMARAKKAR VEETIL ALI KHAN S/O. MR. ALI KHAN, AGED 44 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.3016, 12 TH B MAIN, 5TH CROSS, HAL 2 ND STAGE, BANGALORE – 560 038. ... PETITIONER (BY SRI C.K. NANDAKUMAR, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, SHASTRI BHAWAN, DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD ROAD, NEW DELHI – 110 001. WWW.LIVELAW.IN - 9 - 2. REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES ‘E’ WING, 2 ND FLOOR, KENDRIYA SADAN, KORAMANGALA, BANGALORE – 560 034. ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI PRABHULING NAVADGI, ADDL. SOLICITOR GENERAL A/W SMT. ANUPAMA HEGDE, CGC FOR R-1 & R-2) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DECLARE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 164(2) AND SECTION 167(1)(a) AND THE PROVISO TO SECTION 167(1)(a) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013, ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IN W.P.Nos.50244-50245/2018 BETWEEN: 1.