NEW DELHI: The Nationwide Firm Legislation Tribunal has handed an interim directing subsidiary corporations of Amadeus India Personal Restricted (AIPL) to not take any vital resolution affecting the pursuits of the widow of Late Ankur Bhatia and her wards and to run solely the routine affairs.
The order was handed by a bench presided over by judicial member Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj in November 2023 on a plea filed by Smriti Bhatia and others — who collectively maintain 35.55 per cent shares in AIPL – alleging oppression as being minority shareholders and towards the proposal to take away her from the directorship.
In its interim order, the bench additionally comprising technical member LN Gupta, stated the EGM might happen however the resolution for removing of the petitioner from the Directorship could be topic to the end result of the petition.
“We’re additionally not oblivious to the truth that the current petition concerned the difficulty of examination of the supply of Rule 79 of NCLT Guidelines 2016, which gives for treatment qua the grievance qua Part 169 of the Corporations Act, 2013. Nonetheless, all these points have to be examined in depth, ” stated the bench additional.
Earlier than the corporate tribunal, respondents contended that the plea will not be maintainable as a result of the petitioners will not be holding 10 per cent shares in subsidiary corporations as required Sections 241(1) and 244(1)(a) of the Corporations Act.