Polowings Healthtech Private Limited vs Jayanta Kumar Mittal
- CitationComp. App. (AT) No. 276 of 2025
Ratio decidendi
The rule this decision rests on
The Appellate Tribunal sets aside an order passed in the absence of a party who had been unable to attend, and directs that the party be afforded a further opportunity of hearing before the Tribunal below, the decision on the merits to be taken thereafter; the reasoning rests on the fact that the matter was reserved for orders after hearing only the opposing party when the appellant was absent, and the appeal is disposed of on that footing, with the appellant made to bear costs and bound by an undertaking against adjournment.
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Judgment
As delivered
IN THE MATTER OF: Polowings Healthtech Pvt. Ltd. ...Appellant
Versus
Jayanta Kumar Mittal ...Respondents
Present: For Appellant : Mr Shreyas Mehrotra, Mr. Surya Prakash, Mr Manish Kumar Mishra, Advocates.. For Respondents : Adv. Ojaswa Pathak, Advocate.
ORDER
(Hybrid Mode)
03.12.2025: I.A. No. 6645/2025- This application is filed under Rule
31 of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2016 read with
Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking exemption from filing
certified copy of the impugned order dated 01.08.2025. Exemption from filing
certified copy is allowed.
I.A. No. 6646/2025- This application is filed under Rule 31 of the
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2016 read with section 151
of the Code of Civil Procedure for exemption from filing typed copies of dim,
handwritten, untranslated annexures with appropriate margins. Exemption
is allowed. Be filed within seven days.
I.A. No. 6610/2025- This application is filed under Rule 31 of the National
Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2016 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking condonation of delay of 32 days in refiling
the present company appeal. Application is allowed.
Comp. App. (AT) No. 276 of 2025:- This appeal is filed against an
impugned order dated 01.08.2025 passed by Ld. NCLT, Kolkata. It is the
submission of the Learned Counsel for the Appellant he could not attend the
proceedings on 17.06.2025 due to an incorrect link provided in the cause list
for virtual hearing and due to this the Ld. NCLT reserved the matter after
hearing the Respondent. Subsequently vide order dated 24.06.2025, the Ld.
NCLT granted liberty to the Appellant to prefer an appropriate application for
recall of order dated 17.06.2025 within 7 days. Such an application was
though filed on 01.07.2025 but objections were raised in the Registry.
Further, the account of the appellant was locked for which the defects could
not be cured in time. On 31.07.2025, the counsel for Appellant company
vide e-mail raised her grievance with the Ld. Registrar of NCLT & requested
for opening the account.
2. The Learned Counsel for the Appellant requests for a hearing before
the Ld. NCLT on its application for recall.
3. We have also heard the Learned Counsel for the Respondent. In the
circumstances, more specifically considering the fact the matter was listed
on 17.06.2025 and was reserved for orders upon hearing the Respondent in
the absence of the appellant, we set aside the impugned order and request
the Ld. NCLT to provide one more opportunity to the Appellant to argue its
case and thereafter to decide the issue(s) involved, within two weeks thereof,
subject to payment of cost Rs. 25,000 by the Appellant to the Respondent. It is made clear the Appellant shall not take any adjournment before the
Learned NCLT as he has given an oral undertaking to us to this effect.
Accordingly, this appeal is disposed of.
[Justice Yogesh Khanna] Member (Judicial)
[Ajai Das Mehrotra] Member (Technical)
mt/rr
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