Companies Act, 2013
273.
Powers
of Tribunal.
1. The Tribunal may, on
receipt of a petition for winding up under section 272 pass any of the
following orders, namely:—
a.
dismiss
it, with or without costs;
b.
make
any interim order as it thinks fit;
c.
appoint
a provisional liquidator of the company till the making of a winding up order;
d.
make
an order for the winding up of the company with or without costs; or
e.
any
other order as it thinks fit:
Provided
that an order under this sub-section shall be made within ninety days from the
date of presentation of the petition:
Provided
further that before appointing a provisional liquidator under clause (c ),
the Tribunal shall give notice to the company and afford a reasonable
opportunity to it to make its representations, if any, unless for special
reasons to be recorded in writing, the Tribunal thinks fit to dispense with
such notice:
Provided
also that the Tribunal shall not refuse to make a winding up order on the
ground only that the assets of the company have been mortgaged for an amount
equal to or in excess of those assets, or that the company has no assets.
2. Where a petition is
presented on the ground that it is just and equitable that the company should
be wound up, the Tribunal may refuse to make an order of winding up, if it is
of the 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 the other remedy.