10. Jurisdiction of
Courts.—(l) The Court having jurisdiction under
this Act shall be—
(a) the High Court having jurisdiction in relation to the
place at which the registered office of the company concerned
is situate, except to the extent to which jurisdiction has
been conferred on any District Court or District Courts subordinate
to that High Court in pursuance of sub-section (2); and
(b) where jurisdiction has been so conferred, the District
Court in regard to matters falling within the scope of the
jurisdiction conferred, in respect of companies having their
registered offices in the district.
(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette and subject to such restrictions, limitations and
conditions as it thinks fit, empower any District Court to
exercise all or any of the jurisdiction conferred by this
Act upon the Court, not being the jurisdiction conferred—
(a) in respect of companies generally, by sections 237, 391,
394, 395 and 397 to 407, both inclusive;
(b) in respect of companies with a paid-up share capital
of not less than one lakh of rupees, by Part VII (sections
425 to 560) and the other provisions of this Act relating
to the winding up of companies.
(3) For the purposes of jurisdiction to wind up companies,
the expression “registered office” means the place
which has longest been the registered office of the company
during the six months immediately preceding the presentation
of the petition for winding up.
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