HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Pinokio Entertainment Private Limited – Appellant
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI
COMPANY APPLICATION (MAIN) NO. 184/2015
Reserved on 8th December, 2015
Date of pronouncement: 23rd December, 2015
In the matter of
The Companies Act, 1956 & the Companies Act, 2013 (to the extent
applicable):
And
Application under Section 391(1) of the
Companies Act, 1956
Scheme of Amalgamation of:
Pinokio Entertainment Private Limited
Applicant/Transferor Company
WITH
Baba Infraventures India Private Limited
Applicant/Transferee Company
Through
Mr.
Mukesh
Sukhija,
Advocate for the applicants
SUDERSHAN KUMAR MISRA, J.
1. This joint Application has been filed under Section 391(1) of the
Companies Act, 1956, by the applicant companies seeking directions of
this court to dispense with the requirement of convening the meetings of
their equity shareholders, secured and unsecured creditors to consider
and approve with or without modification, the proposed Scheme of
Amalgamation of Pinokio Entertainment Private Limited (hereinafter
referred to as the transferor company) with Baba Infraventures India
Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as the transferee company) .
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2. The registered offices of the transferor and transferee companies
are situated at New Delhi, within the jurisdiction of this Court.
3. The transferor company was originally incorporated under the
Companies Act, 1956 on 6th January, 2010 with the Registrar of
Companies, West Bengal under the name and style of Adhunik Barter
Private
Limited.
The
company
changed
its
name
to
Pinokio
Entertainment Private Limited and obtained the fresh certificate of
incorporation from the Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana
at New Delhi on 14th August, 2015.
4. The transferee company was incorporated under the Companies
Act, 2013 on 11th June, 2015 with the Registrar of Companies, NCT of
Delhi & Haryana at New Delhi.
5. The present authorized share capital of the transferor company is
Rs.37,00,000/- divided into 3,70,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each. The
issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the company is
Rs.36,10,000/- divided into 3,61,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each.
6. The present authorized share capital of the transferee company is
Rs.1,00,000/- divided into 10,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each. The
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issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the company is
Rs.1,00,000/- divided into 10,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each.
7. Copies of Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
transferor and transferee companies have been filed on record. The
audited balance sheet, as on 31st March, 2015, of the transferor
company, along with the report of the auditors, has also been filed.
Learned counsel for the applicants submits that since the transferee
company has been recently incorporated, therefore, only the provisional
accounts of the company have been prepared for the period ending 30th
September, 2015 and a copy of the same is placed on record.
8. A copy of the Scheme of Amalgamation has been placed on record
and the salient features of the Scheme have been incorporated and
detailed in the application and the accompanying affidavit. It is claimed
by the applicants that the proposed amalgamation would enable pooling
of physical, financial and human resources of these companies for their
most beneficial utilization in the combined entity. It is further claimed that
the proposed amalgamation will result in usual economies of a
centralized and a large company including elimination of duplicate work,
reduct