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Definition :

Net-worth, means the sum total of the paid-up capital and free reserves. [Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (1 of 1986), s. 3 (1) (ga)]

The concept of 'Net Worth' always denotes the excess of the book value of all assets over liabilities and market value of the assets is never taken into consideration; in fact the market value of assets which gives the 'current worth' becomes a relevant factor when in liquidation the question has to be considered whether the company possesses assets which would be sufficient to meet all its creditors or not, Commissioner of Income Tax v. Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, AIR 1984 SC 1182 (1193): (1983) 4 SCC 392: (1983) 3 SCR 773.