Companies Act, 2013
343.
Company
Liquidator to exercise certain powers subject to sanction.
1. The Company
Liquidator may—
a.
with
the sanction of the Tribunal, when the company is being wound up by the
Tribunal; and
b.
with
the sanction of a special resolution of the company and prior approval of the
Tribunal, in the case of a voluntary winding up,—
i.
pay
any class of creditors in full;
ii.
make
any compromise or arrangement with creditors or persons claiming to be
creditors, or having or alleging themselves to have any claim, present or
future, certain or contingent, against the company, or whereby the company may
be rendered liable; or
iii.
compromise
any call or liability to call, debt, and liability capable of resulting in a
debt, and any claim, present or future, certain or contingent, ascertained or
sounding only in damages, subsisting or alleged to subsist between the company
and a contributory or alleged contributory or other debtor or person
apprehending liability to the company, and all questions in any way relating to
or affecting the assets or liabilities or the winding up of the company, on
such terms as may be agreed, and take any security for the discharge of any
such call, debt, liability or claim, and give a complete discharge in respect
thereof.
1.
2. Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1 ), in the case of a winding up by
the Tribunal, the Central Government may make rules to provide that the Company
Liquidator may, under such circumstances, if any, and subject to such
conditions, restrictions and limitations, if any, as may be prescribed,
exercise any of the powers referred to in sub clause (ii ) or sub-clause
(iii ) of clause (b ) of sub-section (1 ) without the
sanction of the Tribunal.
3. Any creditor or
contributory may apply in the manner prescribed to the Tribunal with respect to
any exercise or proposed exercise of powers by the Company Liquidator under
this section, and the Tribunal shall after giving a reasonable opportunity to
such applicant and the Company Liquidator, pass such orders as it may think
fit.