Authority: Uttarakhand High Court
Order Date: 7 September 2026
Case Overview
- Parties: M/s JP Stone Crushers Private Limited (Petitioner) versus State of Uttarakhand & Others (Respondents).
- Petitioner: One of the directors of JP Stone Crushers Private Limited, represented by Advocate Abhishek Darmara.
- Respondents: State of Uttarakhand, represented by Deputy AG Rajeev Singh Bisht and Advocate B.S. Parihar.
- Nature of Proceeding: Writ petition challenging a change of the company's phone number on the Mining Department’s web portal, allegedly effected without the petitioner‑director’s consent.
- Allegations: The petitioner claimed that the alteration of the phone number required his consent as a director and that the change was made unilaterally by the other two directors.
- Defence (Respondents’ Counsel): The Board of Directors passed a resolution to change the phone number, which was submitted to the Mining Department; the department updated the portal accordingly. The respondents argued that any internal dispute among directors must be resolved before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
- Court’s Observations: The court found merit in the submissions of the State counsel and the counsel for the other two directors, concluding that the matter is an internal corporate dispute and not within the court’s jurisdiction for interference.
Final Outcome
- The writ petition fails and is dismissed.
- The petitioner is at liberty to approach the appropriate forum, i.e., the NCLT, for resolution of the internal dispute.
Topics: Legal Dispute, Corporate Governance