Companies Act, 2013
422.
Expeditious
disposal by Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal.
1. Every application or
petition presented before the Tribunal and every appeal filed before the
Appellate Tribunal shall be dealt with and disposed of by it as expeditiously
as possible and every endeavour shall be made by the Tribunal or the Appellate
Tribunal, as the case may be, for the disposal of such application or petition
or appeal within three months from the date of its presentation before the
Tribunal or the filing of the appeal before the Appellate Tribunal.
2. Where any application
or petition or appeal is not disposed of within the period specified in
sub-section (1 ), the Tribunal or, as the case may be, the Appellate
Tribunal, shall record the reasons for not disposing of the application or
petition or the appeal, as the case may be, within the period so specified; and
the President or the Chairperson, as the case may be, may, after taking into
account the reasons so recorded, extend the period referred to in sub-section (1 )
by such period not exceeding ninety days as he may consider necessary.