Authority: National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Principal Bench, New Delhi

Order Date: 18 August 2026

Case Overview

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Principal Bench in New Delhi issued a procedural order concerning three connected appeals filed in 2019. The appeals are Comp. App. (AT) No. 147 of 2019 (Agarpara Company Ltd. vs. Agarpara Jute Mills Ltd & Ors.), Comp. App (AT) No. 155 of 2019 (Lakeview Agencies Pvt. Ltd & Ors. vs. Agarpara Jute Mills Ltd. & Ors.), and Comp. App (AT) No. 169 of 2019 (Mahendra Sharma & Anr. vs. Agarpara Jute Mills Ltd. & Ors.). All appeals involve Agarpara Jute Mills Ltd. as a respondent. The order notes that for all three appeals, the appellants' appearances were not marked. For the respondents, Mr. Alance Mukherjee, Advocate, appeared for Respondent No. 1 (Agarpara Jute Mills Ltd.), and Ms. Indrani Mukherjee, Advocate, also appeared for the respondents in all matters. Additional advocates, Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Mr. Zain A. Khan, and Mr. Mohd. Abran Khan, were noted for the respondents in Appeal No. 147.

Final Outcome

The bench, comprising Member (Judicial) Justice Mohammad Faiz Alam Khan and Member (Technical) Naresh Salecha, adjourned the hearing of all three appeals due to a lack of time. The matters were listed next for hearing on 29 September 2026. No substantive rulings on the merits of the appeals were made in this order.

Topics: NCLAT, Corporate Litigation, Adjournment