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2026 Supreme(Online)(NCLT) 1724

NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL
UMESH KUMAR SHUKLA, Technical Member, KISHORE VEMULAPALLI, Judicial Member
Chalasani Uday Sankar – Appellant
Versus
Lexus Technologies Pvt Ltd – Respondent
IA(Companies Act)/28/2025|IA(Companies Act)/14/2025|IA(Companies Act)/34/2024|TCP/126/241/AMR/2019|CP/667/59&241/HDB/2018

Advocates:
For the Petitioners: PBA Srinivasan
For R-1: G. Sethu Rama Rao
For R-2: Naresh Kumar Sangam
For R3 & R4: G. Sandhya Rani

Private company share transfer invalid without complying with articles' pre-emptive rights and board approval; discrepancies in transfer documents and lack of company records defeat rectification claim under Section 59 despite consideration payment.

Headnote:(A) Companies Act, 2013 - Sections 59, 241 r/w 242 & 244 - Rectification of register of members - Private company shares transfer - Non-compliance with pre-emptive rights and transfer procedures in articles of association - No sale notice to board, no board meeting or circulation resolution approving transfer, discrepancies in transfer forms and share certificates - Tribunal cannot direct entry of names in register without sufficient cause under Section 59 - Petitioners failed to prove valid transfer despite payment of consideration - Locus standi lacking for oppression and mismanagement claims as petitioners not established members. (Paras 42-51)

(B) Companies Act, 2013 - Section 56 - Share transfer validity - Instrument must be delivered to company within 60 days with certificate - Share certificates prima facie evidence under Section 46 only if genuine and procedures followed - Fabricated documents with mismatched numbers and dates not acceptable - Burden on aggrieved to prove entitlement on preponderance of probabilities. (Paras 43, 47)

Facts of the case:
Petitioners claimed acquisition of majority shares from respondent director via executed transfer forms and new share certificates, paid consideration via bank transfers, but names not entered in register of members; alleged oppression by directors filing false returns excluding petitioners; respondents denied transfer, claimed loan arrangement and fabrication; RoC reports confirmed no board approval or matching records.

Findings of Court:
Prescribed procedures in articles not followed; transfer deeds defective with date and number discrepancies; payment admitted but insufficient without valid transfer; petitioners not entitled to rectification or membership.

Issues: Whether petitioners established lawful entitlement for register entry under Section 59; compliance with transfer procedures and articles; validity of documents; locus for Sections 241-242 claims.

Ratio Decidendi: Rectification under Section 59 requires proof of valid transfer per statutory and articles procedures; non-members must exhaust pre-emptive rights via sale notice and board approval; discrepancies in documents and absence of company records/approval defeat claims; no locus without membership for oppression relief.

Result: Petition dismissed in entirety.

Table of Content
1. petition dismissed with pending ias. (Para 1 , 2)
2. procedural history and interim orders. (Para 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12)
3. case transfer and impleadment. (Para 13 , 14 , 15)
4. company incorporation and share acquisition claims. (Para 16)
5. parties' counters denying share transfer. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22)
6. prior dismissal and appellate reversals. (Para 23 , 24 , 25 , 26)
7. fresh hearings and service compliance. (Para 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34)
8. roc investigation into records. (Para 35 , 36)
9. non-compliance and affidavit defects. (Para 37 , 38 , 39 , 40)
10. statutory provisions on share transfer. (Para 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45)
11. aoa pre-emption procedures not followed. (Para 46)
12. transfer deeds improperly executed. (Para 47)
13. payment acknowledged but not valid consideration. (Para 48)
14. no locus for oppression claims; petition dismissed. (Para 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53)

O R D E R

[PER: BENCH]

This Petition was originally filed vide Diary No.9167 dated 09.11.2018 before the National Company Law Tribunal, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as the “NCLT Hyderabad”) as CP No. 667/241/HBD/2018 (hereinafter referred to as the “CP 667/2018”) by Mr. Chalasani Udaya Sankar (hereinafter referred to as the “Petitioner No.1” or “P-1”), Ms. Sripathi Sreevana (hereinafter referred to as the “Petitioner No.2 or “P-2”) and Ms. Yalamanchili Manjusha (hereinafter referred to as the “Petitioner No.3” or “P-3”) (hereinafter Petitioner Nos. 1, 2 & 3 together referred to as the “Petitioners”) under sections 59, 241 read with 242 and 244 of the Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the “CA, 2013”) read with Rule 11 of the National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the “NCLT Rules”) against M/s. Lexus Technologies Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent No. 1” or “R-1 Company”), Mr. Mantena Narasa Raju (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent No. 2” or “R-2”), Mr. Appa Rao Mukkamala (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent No. 3” or “R-3”), Mr. Suresh Anne (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent No. 4” or “R-4”), Mr. V. Vasudeva Reddy (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent No. 5” or “R-5”), Registrar of Companies, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent No. 6” or “R-6” or “RoC”) and The Regional Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the“ Respondent No. 7” or “R-7”) seeking the following reliefs:

Interim Reliefs (a) To remove the names of the R-2, R-3 & R-4 from the office of the director in view of the disqualification attracted by them pursuant to the provisions of Section 164 and 167 of the CA, 2013.

(b) To allow the P-1, P-2 & P-3 to conduct the meeting of the shareholders to appoint the directors in the R-1 Company.

(c) To restrain the R-2, R-3 & R-4 or their agents or any other person acting by or under their instructions from doing any act or deed for alienating, dealing with, or in any other manner creating any encumbrance to the properties registered in the name of the R-1 Company, pending disposal of this Petition.

(d) Pass an Injunction order restraining the R-2 to R-4 from interfering with the day to day administration of the R-1 Company and its affairs and properties.

Main Reliefs (a) To order for rectification of Register of Members of the R-1 Company by entering the names of the P-1, P-2 & P-3 in the register of members pursuant to the provisions of Section 59 and 88 of the CA, 2013.

(b) Declare that the actions of the R-2, R-3 & R-4 as illegal, oppressive and tantamount to mismanagement of the R-1Company.

(c) To declare the Annual Returns and the financial statements uploaded by the R-2 to R-4 on the portal of MCA (hereinafter referred to as the “MCA”) as null, void and non-est in law and direct the Registrar of Companies (hereinafter referred to as the “RoC”), Telangana & Andhra Pradesh to invalidate and delete the same from MCA records permanently (d) To