ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, learned counsel for the appellants. The respondents have been served, but from the inception of the special leave petition in the year 2007, none has been appearing for the respondents.

2. The subject matter of dispute before us is the exercise of power under Section 111-A of the Companies Act, 1956 (as amended in 1988) and the Depositories Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 1997. In terms of the impugned order of the Madras High Court, on an appeal filed against the order of the Company Law Board, the view taken by the Company Law Board has been reversed and thus, in effect, the appellants have been left to a remedy of civil suit.

3. Learned counsel for the appellants says that the issue raised by the appellants qua the transfer of shares, whether done rightly or wrongly, has to be adjudicated by some forum - whether it be a civil suit or the exercise of jurisdiction by the then Company Law Board.

4. Learned counsel for the appellants has drawn our attention to the view expressed in Ammonia Supplies Corporation (P) Ltd. v. Modern Plastic Containers Pvt. Ltd. and Others (1998) 7 SCC 105, to canvass the proposition that while examining the scope of Section