Supreme Court of India

DR. BAIS SURGICAL AND MEDICAL INSTITUTE PVT. LTD & ORS. versus DHANANJAY PANDE

2026 INSC 447

Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 8973/2010
Judgment date
2026-05-04
Petitioner / appellant
DR. BAIS SURGICAL AND MEDICAL INSTITUTE PVT. LTD & ORS.
Respondent
DHANANJAY PANDE
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 447
Other citation
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 347
CNR
ESCR010001492026
Bench / judges
PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA
Author judge
Not available
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Dismissed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Whether, in the absence of a formal entry of the respondent no.1’s name in the register of members, he could nonetheless be regarded as a “member” of the appellant-company so as to invoke the jurisdiction of the Company Law Board u/ss.397 and 398 Act, 1956.

Headnote excerpt

Companies Act, 1956 – ss.2(27), 41, 397, 398, 399 – “member” – High Court and the Company Law Board upheld respondent no.1 as a deemed member of the company, entitled to maintain a petition u/ss.397 and 398 – Whether the

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