Companies Act, 1956
Sec 443 - Powers of Court on hearing petition.
(1) On hearing a winding up petition, the
Court may
(a) dismiss it, with or without costs ; or
(b) adjourn the hearing conditionally or
unconditionally ; or
(c) make any interim order that it thinks fit
; or
(d) make an order for winding up the company
with or without costs, or any other order that it thinks fit :
Provided that the Court shall not refuse to make
a winding up order on the ground only that the assets of the company have been
mortgaged to an amount equal to or in excess of those assets, or that the
company has no assets.
(2) Where the petition is presented on the
ground that it is just and equitable that the company should be wound up, the
Court may refuse to make an order of winding up, if it is of opinion that some
other remedy is available to the petitioners and that they are acting
unreasonably in seeking to have the company wound up instead of pursuing that
other remedy.