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SAUMITRA DAYAL SINGH, VINOD DIWAKAR
A. S. Solanki – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petition for relief against recovery certificate. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 2. supreme court intervention overview. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. arguments against personal liability of directors. (Para 9 , 10) |
| 4. legal interpretation of corporate veil lifting. (Para 14 , 15 , 16) |
| 5. clarifications on lifting corporate veil criteria. (Para 20 , 21) |
| 6. establishing limits to liability under corporate veil doctrine. (Para 24 , 25) |
| 7. concluding order and commands. (Para 28 , 29) |
JUDGMENT
Saumitra Dayal Singh, J.
Heard Shri Rahul Agarwal, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Ankur Agarwal, learned Standing Counsel for the State.
2. Originally the present petition was filed before this Court in the year 2005 seeking the following relief:-
Directors of a company under liquidation cannot be held personally liable for tax dues unless specific statutory provisions exist; the doctrine of lifting the corporate veil requires substantial evid....
Directors are not personally liable for a company's tax dues unless proven negligent; recovery against a deceased director is unsustainable.
Directors can only be liable for tax dues if the company has no recoverable assets and negligence is proven; procedural fairness in claims against past Directors is essential.
The central legal point established in the judgment is the requirement for proper evidence and adherence to principles of natural justice in proceedings under section 179 of the Income Tax Act, as we....
The central legal point established in the judgment is the burden of proof on a director to establish lack of gross neglect, misfeasance, or breach of duty in relation to the affairs of the company t....
The Mathadi Act does not make Managing Director or Directors personally liable to pay the dues which the Board is empowered to recover from the employer.
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