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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Companies Act, 1956 Section 243

Application for Winding Up of Company or an Order Under Section 397 or 398

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Companies Act, 1956 Section 243 is part of Companies Act, 1956 - Application for Winding Up of Company or an Order Under Section 397 or 398. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

If any such company or other body corporate,1[***] is liable to be wound up under this Act and it appears to the Central Government from any such report as aforesaid that it is expedient so to do by reason of any such circumstances as are referred to in sub-clause (i) or (ii) of clause (b) of section 237, the Central Government may, unless2[the company or body corporate,] is already being wound up by the3[Tribunal], cause to be presented to the3[Tribunal] by any person authorised by the Central Government in this behalf-

(a) a petition for the winding up of2[the company or body corporate,] on the ground that it is just and equitable that it should be wound up;

(b) an application for an order under section 397 or 398;

(c) both a petition and an application as aforesaid.

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1 . Certain words omitted by Act 53 of 2000, Section 121 (w.e.f. 13-12-2000).

2 . Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, Section 121, for certain words (w.e.f. 13-12-2000).

3 . Substituted by Act 11 of 2003, Section 32, for "Court".

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What does Companies Act, 1956 Section 243 provide?

Section Section 243 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Application for Winding Up of Company or an Order Under Section 397 or 398) is reproduced on this page as part of the Companies Act, 1956. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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