2025 Supreme(Online)(NCLT) 336
NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL
Shri JYOTI KUMAR TRIPATHI, Shri RAVICHANDRAN RAMASAMY, JJ
ASSETZ WHITEFIELD HOMES PRIVATE LIMITED VS
C.A.(CAA) - 68/2024
For the Petitioner:inbarajur@gmail.com
Unanimous consent of shareholders and creditors allows for the dispensation of meetings in a scheme of amalgamation under the Companies Act, promoting efficiency.
Headnote:(A) Companies Act, 2013 - Sections 230-232 - Scheme of Amalgamation - Joint application filed by two companies for amalgamation, seeking to dispense with meetings of shareholders and creditors due to unanimous consent - The rationale includes simplification of management, financial strength, and resource pooling. (Paras 1-12)
(B) Meeting Dispensation - The Tribunal allows the dispensation of meetings for both Transferor and Transferee Companies based on the unanimous consent of shareholders and creditors. (Paras 12-13)
Facts of the case:
The application is filed by two private limited companies for amalgamation under the Companies Act, with unanimous consent from all equity shareholders and creditors.
Findings of Court:
The Tribunal acknowledges the unanimous consent and allows the application for amalgamation.
Issues: The primary issue was whether the meetings of shareholders and creditors could be dispensed with based on the consents obtained.
Ratio Decidendi: The court found that the unanimous consent of all stakeholders justified the dispensation of meetings, promoting efficiency in the amalgamation process.
Result: Application stands allowed.
ORDER
1. The present application have been filed jointly by the Applicant Companies, namely ASSETZ WHITEFIELD HOMES PRIVATE LIMITED (hereinafter “Transferor Company) and APG LIFESTYLE HOMES PRIVATE LIMITED (hereinafter “Transferee Company”) under sections 230-232 of Companies Act, 2013 , and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016 in relation to the Scheme of Amalgamation (hereinafter referred to as the “SCHEME”) proposed by the Applicant Companies. The said Scheme is appended as “Annexure 13” in the application.
2. The Applicant Companies in this Application has sought for the following reliefs;
| EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS | SECURED CREDITORS | UNSECURED LOAN CREDITORS | UNSECURED TRADE CREDITORS | |
| TRANSFEROR COMPANY | To dispense with the meeting | To dispense with the meeting | To dispense with the meeting | To dispense with the meeting |
| TRANSFEREE COMPANY | To dispense with the meeting | To dispense with the meeting | To dispense with the meeting | To dispense with the meeting |
3. Affidavits in support of the present Application sworn for and on behalf of the Applicant Companies have been filed by authorized signatories, details of which are listed hereunder: -
i) Mr. Ramananda Suhas, on behalf of Transferor Company as authorized signatory.
ii) Mr. Sanjay Sudhakar Torgal, on behalf of Transferee Company as authorized signatory.
However, Assetz Whitefield Homes Private Limited and APG Lifestyle Homes Private Limited have altered their provisions of its Memorandum of Association with respect to the place of the Registered Office by changing the Registered Office of Assetz Whitefield Homes Private Limited and APG Lifestyle Homes Private Limited from the state of Karnataka to the state of Tamilnadu and a certificate of Registration of Regional Director order for Change of State, from RoC Bangalore to the RoC Chennai was issued on 10.10.2024 and are placed in the application as Annexure 1 and Annexure 6. At present, it is represented that the registered offices of both the Applicant Companies are situated within the territorial jurisdiction of this Tribunal and falling within the purview of Registrar of Companies, Chennai.
4. It is submitted that the Transferor Company is an Private Limited Company, incorporated under the provisions of Companies Act, 1956 on 07.05.2012 with name Assetz Whitefield Homes Private Limited. The Share Capital of the Transferor Company as on 31.03.2024 is as follows:
PARTICULARS AMOUNT IN RS
| AUTHORISED SHARE CAPITAL 5,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each | 50,00,000 |
| ISSUED, SUBSCRIBED AND PAID UP SHARE CAPITAL 1,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each | 10,00,000 |
MAIN OBJECTS OF THE TRANSFEROR COMPANY IN BRIEF
a. To carry all or any of the business of promoters, developers builders of all types of buildings and structures, residential industrial, commercial, layouts by acquisition of land, sites, buildings, and purchase, hold, sale, or lease or otherwise transfer or disposal of land or buildings or building projects in any manner.
b. To carry on all or any of the business of owners, lessors, lessees of service apartments, shopping centres, business centres, industrial and commercial complex, special economic zones, parks, stadium, auditorium, roads, highway bridges, dams, industrial and other infrastructure projects and centres for sports, health, amusement, arts culture, entertainment and/ or pleasure and supplier of various services required for the above.
Detailed objects of the Transferor Company has been placed as Annexure 2 of typeset of this application.
5. It is submitted that the Transferee Company is an Private Limited Company, incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 on 20.12.2017 with name APG Lifestyle Homes Private Limited. The Share Capital of the Transferee Company as on 31.03.2024 is as follows:
| PARTICULARS | AMOUNT IN RS. |
| AUTHORISED SHARE CAPITAL 2,10,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each | 21,00,000 |
| ISSUED, SUBSCRIBED AND PAID UP SHARE CAPITAL 1000 |