SECTION 10

JURISDICTION OF COURTS

Courts notified by Central Government under sub-section (2)

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 10 of the Companies Act, 1956, and in supersession of all the notifications issued by the Provincial/State Governments under the proviso to sub-section(1) of section 3 of the Indian Companies Act, 1913, the Central Government hereby empowers all theDistrict Courts in the Union of India, except the District Courts in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, to exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon the court by the sections hereinafter specified of the said Companies Act, 1956, subject to the condition that, in the case of the District Courts in the State of Orissa and in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, such jurisdiction shall be exercisable subject to the orders of the High Court or, as the case may be, the Judicial Commissioner's Court, namely:--

1. Section 89 - Termination of disproportionately excessive voting

rights in existing companies.

2. Section 113 - Limitation of time for issue of certificates.

3. Section 118 - Right to obtain copies of and inspect trust deed.

4. Section 141 - Rectification of register of charges by Court.

5. Section 144 - Right to inspect copies of instruments creating charges

and company's register of charges.

6. Section 163 - Place of keeping, and inspection of registers and returns.

7. Section 196 - Inspection of minute books of general meetings.

8. Section 219 - Right of member to copies of balance sheet and auditor's

report.

9. Section 234 - Power of Registrar to call for information or explanation.

10. Section 304 - Inspection of the register of directors 2[***]

11. Section 307 - Register of 2[***] directors' shareholding, etc.

12. 2[***] -

13. Section 614 - Enforcement of duty of company to make returns, etc., to

Registrar.

2. This notification shall not affect any proceeding under the Indian Companies Act, 1913(7 of 1913), or under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), which, on the date of this notification, is pending before any District Court.

* NOTIFICATION NO. GSR. 663, DATED 29-5-1959 AS AMENDED BY GSR 1926, DATED 13-101966.