( 1 ) THIS is an application fur rectification of the share register of Stadmed Private Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the company) by recording the name of the petitioner in respect of 324 shares in the company out of 1940 shares registered in the names of the petitioner and the respondents 2 to 6, for payment of Rs. 5000/- as damages to petitioner and for costs.

( 2 ) THE company was registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, on October 31, 1945. One Gour Gopal Saha was one of the founder directors of the company which was formed to take over as a going concern the assets and business of the Standard Medical Research Institute. The said Gour Gopal Saha held 1940 shares in the company of Rs. 100/- each. He died on November 3, 1959, leaving as his heirs and legal representatives his widow who is the respondent No. 2, his mother who is the petitioner and his three suns and a daughter who are the respondents Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6. After the death of Gour Gopal, the share register of the company was rectified on November 29, 1962, by striking out the name of Gour Gopal Saha as the holder of the said 1940 shares and inserting the names of his said heirs and legal