ITEM NO.1501 Court 3 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XVII (for Judgment) S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No(s). 10355/2018

P. MOHANRAJ & ORS. Appellant(s)

VERSUS

M/S. SHAH BROTHERS ISPAT PVT. LTD. Respondent(s)

([ HEARD BY: HON. ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN, HON. NAVIN SINHA AND HON. K.M. JOSEPH, JJ. ] )

WITH

• Diary No(s). 32585/2019 (II-C)
• SLP(Crl) No. 10587/2019 (II-B)
• SLP(Crl) No. 10857/2019 (II-B)
• SLP(Crl) No. 10550/2019 (II-B)
• SLP(Crl) No. 10858/2019 (II-B)
• SLP(Crl) No. 10860/2019 (II-B)
• SLP(Crl) No. 10861/2019 (II-B)
• SLP(Crl) No. 10446/2019 (II-B)
• SLP(Crl) No. 2246-2247/2020 (II-C)
• SLP(Crl) No. 2496/2020 (II-B)
• SLP(Crl) No. 3500/2020 (II-C)
• W.P.(Crl.) No. 330/2020 (X)
• W.P.(Crl.) No. 339/2020 (X)
• W.P.(C) No. 982/2020 (X)

Digitally signed by R Natarajan

• W.P.(Crl.) No. 297/2020 (X) Signature Not Verified
• W.P.(Crl.) No. 342/2020 (X) Date: 2021.03.01 16:52:03 IST Reason:
  • SLP(Crl) No. 5638-5651/2020 (II-C)
  • SLP(Crl) No. 5653-5668/2020 (II-C)

W.P.(C) No. 1417/2020 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 1439/2020 (X)
W.P.(C) No. 18/2021 (X)
W.P.(Crl.) No. 9/2021 (X)
W.P.(Crl.) No. 26/2021 (X)
Date : 01-03-2021	These matters were called on for pronouncement<br>of judgment today.
	Counsel for parties:Mr. Kartik Seth, Adv.<br>Ms. Shriya Gilhotra, Adv.<br>Ms. Parul Dhurvey, Adv.<br>For M/s. Chambers Of Kartik Seth, AOR
	M/s. Vachher And Agrud, AOR
	Mr. Anurag Kishore, AOR
	Mr. Salman Khurshid Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Vaibhav Manu Srivastava, AOR<br>Mr. Apoorv Agarwal, Adv.<br>Ms. Riya Thomas, Adv.<br>Ms. Aadya Mishra, Adv.
	Mr. Mahesh Srivastava, Adv.<br>Mr. Bhanu Pant, Adv.
	Mr. Vivek Jain, AOR<br>Ms. Suchitra Kumbhat, Adv.<br>Mr. Nirvikar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Nitin Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Amarjeet Singh, AOR<br>Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, AOR
	Mohd. Ainul Ansari, Adv.<br>Mr. Rajat Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Mr. Kripa Shankar Prasad, AOR<br>Mr. Sunil Khatwani, Adv.<br>Ms. Ritu Rajkumari, Adv.<br>Ms. Ekta Rani, Adv.<br>Mr. Jauhar Ali, Adv.
	Mr. Arvind Kumar Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Purti Gupta, Adv.<br>Ms. Henna George, Adv.

Ms. Shivani Sharma, Adv. Ms. Twisha Issar, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Sadanand Chingale, AOR Mrs. Malavika Jayanth, AOR Mr. S. Nagamuthu, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.P. Parthiban, AOR Mr. A.S. Vairawan, Adv. Mr. Mani Prabu, Adv. Mr. Santhosh, Adv. Mr. R. Sudhakaran, Adv. Mr. Vikash, Adv. Ms. Shalini Mishra, Adv. Mr. Hardik Gautam, Adv. Ms. Swati Bhushan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nandani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv. Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Varun Bedi, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Aditya Singh, AOR Ms. Pritha Srikumar, AOR Mr. Rishabh Sancheti, Adv. Mr. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy, Adv. Mr. Karuppiah Meyyappan, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Girotra, Adv. Mr. Birendra Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Jay Savla, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prabhat Kumar Chaurasia, Adv. Ms. Renuka Sahu, AOR Mr. Shankar Divate, AOR Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR Mr. Harneet Singh Oberoi, Adv. Mr. Sumit Teterrwal, AOR Mr. Gagan Gupta, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Ms. Anisha Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Brijender Chahar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Karan Chahar, Adv.

Ms. Jyoti Chahar, Adv. Mr. Shashi Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Vinay Garg, AOR Mr. Abhishek Agarwal, AOR Mr. Raveesh Thakral, Adv. Ms. Suruchii Aggarwal, AOR Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR Mr. Aman Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Kunnal Bakshi, Adv. Mr. Raghav Mathur, Adv. Mr. Hemant Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Rastogi, AOR Mr. Sonal Jain, AOR Mr. Rishabh Raj Jain, Adv. Mr. Ishkaran Singh, Adv. Ms. Kajal Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nagarkatti Kartik Uday, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Namita Choudhary, AOR Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR Ms. Shivranjani Ralawata, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Anil Mittal, Adv. Mr. Vibhuti Sushant Gupta, Adv. Mr. Narender Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv. Mr. Sushant Dogra, Adv. Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Mukti Chaudhry, AOR Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR Mr. Apoorv Khator, Adv. Ms. Debolina Roy, Adv. Mr. Saurobroto Dutta, Adv.

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.F. Nariman pronounced the reportable judgment of the Bench comprising His Lordship, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navin Sinha and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph.

Civil Appeal No(s). 10355/2018

The civil appeal is allowed in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

SLP ( Criminal) Diary No.32585 of 2019:

Delay condoned. Leave granted.

The appeal is allowed in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

SLP ( Criminal) Nos.10587/2019, 10857/2019, 10550/2019, 10858/2019, 10860/2019, 10861/2019, 10446/2019:

Leave granted.

The appeals are dismissed in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

SLP (Criminal) Nos.2246-2247 of 2020:

Leave granted.

The appeal(s) is/are dismissed in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

SLP (Criminal) No.2496 of 2020:

Leave granted.

The impugned judgment is set aside in view of our judgment in

Civil Appeal No.10355 of 2018, and the complaint is directed to be continued against the Managing Director and Director, respectively in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

SLP (Criminal) No.3500 of 2020:

Leave granted.

The impugned judgment is set aside in view of our judgment in Civil Appeal No.10355 of 2018, and the complaint is directed to be continued against the appellant in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

SLP (Criminal) No.5638-5651/2020, 5653-5668/2020:

Leave granted.

While setting aside the impugned judgments, given our judgment in Civil Appeal No.10355 of 2018, we remand these cases to the Magistrate to apply the law laid down by us in Civil Appeal No.10355 of 2018, and thereafter decide all other points that may arise in these cases in accordance with law in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

Writ Petition (Criminal) Nos.330/2020, 339/2020, Writ Petition (Civil) No.982/2020, Writ Petition (Criminal) Nos.297/2020, 342/2020, Writ Petition (Civil) No.1417/2020, 1439/2020, 18/2021, Writ Petition (Criminal) No.9/2021, 26/2021:

Given our judgment in Civil Appeal No.10355 of 2018, all these writ petitions have to be dismissed in view of the fact that such proceedings can continue against erstwhile Directors/persons in

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charge of and responsible for the conduct of the business of the corporate debtor in terms of the signed reportable judgment.

Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

(R. NATARAJAN) (NISHA TRIPATHI) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH) (Signed reportable judgment is placed on the file)