Companies Act, 1956
Sec 108D - Power
of Central Government to direct companies not to give effect to the transfer.
(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied
that as a result of the transfer of any share or block of shares of a company,
a change in the controlling interest of the company is likely to take place and
that such change would be prejudicial to the interests of the company or to the
public interest, that Government may direct the company not to give effect to
the transfer of any such share or block of shares, and :
(a) where the transfer of such share or block
of shares has already been registered, not to permit the transferee or any
nominee or proxy of the transferee, to exercise any voting or other rights
attaching to such share or block of shares ; and
(b) where the transfer of such share or block
of shares has not been registered, not to permit any nominee or proxy of the
transferor to exercise any voting or other rights attaching to such share or
block of shares.
(2) Where any direction is given by the
Central Government under sub-section (1), the share or the block of shares
referred to therein shall stand retransferred to the person from whom it was
acquired, and thereupon the amount paid by the transferee for the acquisition
of such share or block of shares shall be refunded to him by the person to whom
such share or block of shares stands or stand retransferred.
(3) If the refund referred to in sub-section
(2) is not made within the period of thirty days from the date of the direction
referred to in sub-section (1), the Central Government shall, on the
application of the person entitled to get the refund, direct, by order, the
refund of such amount and such order may be enforced as if it were a decree
made by a civil court.
(4) The person to whom any share or block of
shares stands or stand retransferred under sub-section (2) shall, on making
refund under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), be eligible to exercise voting
or other rights attaching to such share or block of shares.