Cuddapah Star Barytes Private Limited vs Shaik Sofia Begum

NATIONAL COMPANY LAW APPELLATE TRIBUNAL AT CHENNAI (APPELLATE JURISDICTION) Company Appeal (AT) (CH) No. 109/2025 (IA No.1216, 1217, 1218, 1219 & 1220/2025) In the matter of: M/s. Cuddapah Star Barytes Pvt. Ltd. & 4 Ors. ... Appellants V Mrs. Shaik Sofia Begum & 4 Ors. ...Respondents Present : For Appellants : Mr. Asad Hussain, Advocate For Respondents : Mr. Avinash Krishnan Ravi, Advocate for R1-R4 Mr. Arjun Suresh, Advocate for R5 ORDER

(Hybrid Mode) 02.09.2025:

The Appellant herein is the opposite party to the proceedings of CP (CA)

No. 113/2023, being the proceedings which has been instituted under Section 241

and Section 242 to be read with Section 59 of the Companies Act, 2013, and is

presently pending consideration before the learned NCLT, Chennai. To cut short

the controversy, the Appellant agitates his grievance being aggrieved as against

the impugned order dated 16.07.2025, by virtue of which the learned Tribunal,

while exercising its inherent powers had granted an order which is interlocutory

in nature, whereby directing the parties to maintain a certain status, as it has been

observed in the impugned order.

Though there had been quite elaborative argument that has been extended

by the Appellant, we are of the view that, the nature of the order, which has been

subjected to challenge in this Company Appeal is in the shape of an interlocutory

order, for the reason being that, it is only an interim arrangement, which has been

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of law, in case of interim orders, contemplates that, when there is an interlocutory

order, the party who is aggrieved by the same should first file an application,

seeking vacation of such order and to approach the superior forum for a judicial

remedy only after an order is passed on the stay vacation application.

In these eventualities, reserving all rights of the parties to the Appeal, to be

agitated before the learned Tribunal, the Appellant here is directed to file a Stay

Vacation Application, seeking vacation of the stay order dated 16.07.2025, with

a request to the learned Tribunal to take up for consideration such application, in

case it is filed and to decide the same on merits, before taking a call on the

principal company petition. It would be open for the parties to the Appeal to raise

all questions at the stage when the stay vacation application is being considered

by the learned Tribunal.

It has been informed by the appellant that, the next date fixed before the

learned Tribunal is 17.09.2025. It is hoped and trusted that, the learned Tribunal

will make all efforts to decide the stay vacation application if it is filed before the

next date fixed and if it is not possible for any reason, then atleast within a period

of 3 weeks thereafter.

[Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma] Member (Judicial)

[Jatindranath Swain] Member (Technical) AR/MS/RS

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