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2021 (6) TMI 105 - HC - Companies LawDisqualification of Directors under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 - direction to respondents herein to permit the petitioners to get reappointed as Directors of any company or to get appointed as Directors of any company without any hindrance - HELD THAT:- The issue involved in these writ petitions is no more a res integra. It is to be stated that the Registrar of Companies (RoC) has been disqualifying the Directors under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 by order dated 08.09.2017. Another list was published in the website of the first respondent on 01.11.2017 disqualifying the Directors. Yet another list of Directors were disqualified on 17.12.2018 by the RoC. The notification dated 17.12.2018, which was uploaded in the website by the first respondent on 18.12.2018 was challenged on the strength of the judgment of this Court in BHAGAVAN DAS DHANANJAYA DAS VERSUS UNION OF INDIA, REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES, TAMILNADU CHENNAI [2018 (8) TMI 436 - MADRAS HIGH COURT]. However, they were dismissed by this Court, and such orders were passed on 27.01.2020 and 10.02.2020, etc. The said orders were put to challenge in a batch of writ appeals, which were dealt with by the Hon'ble First Bench of this Court in MEETHELAVEETIL KAITHERI MURALIDHARAN, KAMAL ANEESMOHAMED, SATHISH KUMAR GOPAL, GOVINDASAMY BALASUBRAMANIAM, PAARI SENTHIL KUMAR, PAARI DHANALAKSHMI, VERSUS UNION OF INDIA, THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES TAMIL NADU, CHENNAI, [2020 (10) TMI 595 - MADRAS HIGH COURT] where it was held that the publication of the list of disqualified directors by the ROC and the deactivation of the DIN of the Appellants is hereby quashed. Petition allowed.
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