Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 22-08-2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioners: Hydraulics and Pneumatics [India] LLP; Respondents: Anirudh Kumar & Ors.
  • Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 28835/2026 arising from impugned final judgment and order dated 21-05-2026 in CAAT No. 205/2026 passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).
  • Counsel for petitioner: Mr. Rajiv Shakdher, Sr. Adv.; Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv.; Mr. Anirudh Wadhwa, Adv.; Mr. Raghav Wadhwa, Adv.; Mr. Aditya Mittal, Adv.; Mr. Kartik Gupta, Adv.; Mr. Amitoj Chadha, Adv.; Ms. Anjali Jain, Adv.; Mr. Vipul Kumar, AOR; Mr. Prajwal Tiwari, Adv.; Ms. Gayatri Agarwal, Adv.; etc.
  • Counsel for respondents: Mr. Abhinav Bajaj, Adv.; Mr. Abhinav Hansaria, Adv.; Mr. Saksham Ojha, AOR; etc.
  • Bench: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva.
  • Core issues: Whether to interfere with the impugned NCLAT order; maintainability of suo motu proceedings; possibility of deleting respondent No.1 from the parties.

Observations & Directions

1. The Court finds no reason to interfere with the impugned NCLAT order.

2. Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to delete respondent No.1 from the array of parties, if so advised.

3. If such an application is filed, it may be considered by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in accordance with law.

4. All contentions regarding the maintainability of the suo motu proceedings may be raised by the petitioner before the NCLAT, which shall consider them on its own merits.

5. Any pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.

Final Outcome

  • The Supreme Court does not set aside the NCLAT order; the petitioner retains the option to seek removal of respondent No.1, and any further disputes on maintainability must be addressed by the NCLAT. All pending applications are deemed disposed.

Topics: Court / NCLAT Matter, Corporate Law