ORDER :- This application raises a question as to the procedure to be followed in the issue of subpoena on the Registrar of Companies requiring him to produce documents. The summons has been taken out on behalf of the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal for an order that the subpoena dated July 20, 1960 issued be recalled, rescinded and/or set aside, and for a further order that the applicant be exempted from producing any document pursuant to the said subpoena. In the affidavit affirmed by the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal as a ground in support of the application it is stated first, that the Master had or has no jurisdiction or power to issue any subpoena except with the leave of the court for production of documents under the Companies Act; secondly, it is stated in the affidavit that if subpoenas are issued by the Master in the usual course and without leave of the Judge the work and records of the office will be upset, and it will also affect the right of the public to inspect the records or to obtain certified copies thereof under Sec. 610 of the Companies Act.

2. As the question is a matter of procedure I requested Subimal C. Roy, Esqr., to appear as amicus curiae in th

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