Bhagwati Developers Pvt. Ltd. V/s Peerless General Finance and Investment Company Ltd. and Anr

Information Type: Judicial Information
Court: Supreme Court
Date of Judgment(s): 2013-07-15
Case No: 7445 of 2004
Case Type: Appeal (Civil)
Judge Name: C.K. Prasad & V. Gopala Gowda
Subject: Company Law
Statutes / Acts: Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956
Section: ss. 2, 13, 16, 16 (1), 16 (2), 17
Bench Strength: Double Bench
Advocate: Sunil Gupta, Sr. Adv., Manoj, Aparna Singhal, Mahesh Agarwal et. al (P) & Bhaskar P. Gupta and Abhijit Chatterjee, Sr. Advs., S. Sukumaran et. al. (R)
State of Appellant(s): Central Act
History of Case No: Judgment and Order dated 30.07.2003 of the High Court at Calcutta in ACO No. 76 of 1999
Equal Citation Details :

2013]179CompCas421(SC), (2013)3CompLJ241(SC), JT2013(10)SC583, 2013-4-LW661, 2013(9)SCALE382, (2013)9SCC584, [2013]120SCL264(SC), 2013VII AD (S.C.) 535, 

Case Note / Description :

When we consider the facts of the present case bearing in mind the definition aforesaid, we find that the contract in question is not a spot delivery contract. True it is that by letter dated 30th of October, 1987 written by Tuhin to Bhagwati, he had stated that the formal agreement had been executed between them on 10th November, 1986 and as per the agreement he is transferring the entire 3530 shares of Peerless purchased from the loan amount and the transfer is in its repayment. However, the agreement dated 21st November, 1994 between Bhagwati and Tuhin which formed part of the compromise decree provides that the sale of shares took place on 30th October, 1987 and in 32Page 33consideration thereof Bhagwati paid a sum of Rs. 10 lakhs on 21st November, 1994 and further the dividend on the entire shares up to the accounting year 1989-90 amounting to Rs.8,64,850 to be retained by Tuhin. In the face of it, the plea of Bhagwati that the payment of Rs. 10 lakh was made to buy peace, is not fit to be accepted and in fact, that forms part of the consideration for the sale of shares. Once we take this view, the plea of the appellant that it is a spot delivery contract is fit to be rejected. We agree with the reasoning and conclusion of the Company Law Board and the High Court on this issue.

 
 
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