Authority: National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Ahmedabad Bench, Court-II
Order Date: 07/07/2026
Case Overview
This Interlocutory Application (IA No. 140 of 2025) was filed in the matter of Company Petition (CP) No. 114 of 2018. The applicants, Navinchandra Dayalal Vadalia and Nishaben Navinchandra Vadalia, sought multiple prayers primarily concerning the rectification of a daily order dated 06 November 2025 and procedural directions for the ongoing proceedings.
The application requested: (i) rectification of clerical errors and misdescriptions in the daily order, including corrections to the appearance record of Ms. Hirva Dave, the case number reference, and the description of eleven distinct immovable properties (Lands-in-Dispute); (ii) deletion and substitution of wording concerning ownership and the remit of the court-appointed neutral, Mr. Mahendra Parmar, confining his role strictly to document collation and verification without making any findings on title or ownership; (iii) directions for transparency regarding the neutral's report, opposing sealed cover procedures and demanding inspection rights for all parties; (iv) in the alternative, a request to recall or keep in abeyance the ownership report direction and first adjudicate preliminary issues of jurisdiction and limitation; (v) framing and hearing of preliminary issues on whether the Tribunal has jurisdiction under Sections 241-242 of the Companies Act, 2013 for a dispute concerning title to immovable property, which is typically a civil matter, and on limitation given the petition was filed in 2018 regarding alleged events from 1979, 1981, and 1991; and (vi) protective directions for the disputed lands, including maintaining status quo, preventing commercial exploitation, requiring monthly accounts of any receipts into an escrow account, and disclosure of all licenses and leases executed after interim orders dated 17.12.2018 and 16.08.2021.
The respondents included Prabhat Solvent Extraction Industries Pvt. Ltd. and eleven individual respondents, primarily members of the Vadalia family. The applicants appeared in person, while the respondents were not represented at the hearing.
Final Outcome
The NCLT bench, comprising Member (Judicial) Mrs. Chitra Hankare and Member (Technical) Dr. V.G. Venkata Chalapathy, dismissed the interlocutory application as infructuous. The order states that in view of the final order passed in the main company petition (CP No. 114 of 2018), this IA no longer required adjudication. No further directions were provided.
Topics: NCLT Proceedings, Corporate Dispute