290. Powers and duties of Company Liquidator
(1) Subject to directions by the Tribunal, if any, in this regard, the Company
Liquidator, in a winding up of a company by the Tribunal, shall have the power—
(a) to carry on the business of the company so far as may be necessary for the
beneficial winding up of the company;
(b) to do all acts and to execute, in the name and on behalf of the company, all
deeds, receipts and other documents, and for that purpose, to use, when necessary,
the company’s seal;
(c) to sell the immovable and movable property and actionable claims of the
company by public auction or private contract, with power to transfer such property to
any person or body corporate, or to sell the same in parcels;
(d) to sell the whole of the undertaking of the company as a going concern;
(e) to raise any money required on the security of the assets of the company;
(f) to institute or defend any suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding, civil or
criminal, in the name and on behalf of the company;
(g) to invite and settle claim of creditors, employees or any other claimant and
distribute sale proceeds in accordance with priorities established under this Act;
(h) to inspect the records and returns of the company on the files of the Registrar
or any other authority;
(i) to prove rank and claim in the insolvency of any contributory for any
balance against his estate, and to receive dividends in the insolvency, in respect of
that balance, as a separate debt due from the insolvent, and rateably with the other
separate creditors;
(j) to draw, accept, make and endorse any negotiable instruments including
cheque, bill of exchange, hundi or promissory note in the name and on behalf of the
company, with the same effect with respect to the liability of the company as if such
instruments had been drawn, accepted, made or endorsed by or on behalf of the
company in the course of its business;
(k) to take out, in his official name, letters of administration to any deceased
contributory, and to do in his official name any other act necessary for obtaining
payment of any money due from a contributory or his estate which cannot be
conveniently done in the name of the company, and in all such cases, the money due
shall, for the purpose of enabling the Company Liquidator to take out the letters of
administration or recover the money, be deemed to be due to the Company Liquidator
himself;
(l) to obtain any professional assistance from any person or appoint any
professional, in discharge of his duties, obligations and responsibilities and for
protection of the assets of the company, appoint an agent to do any business which
the Company Liquidator is unable to do himself;
(m) to take all such actions, steps, or to sign, execute and verify any paper,
deed, document, application, petition, affidavit, bond or instrument as may be
necessary,—
(i) for winding up of the company;
(ii) for distribution of assets;
(iii) in discharge of his duties and obligations and functions as Company
Liquidator; and
(n) to apply to the Tribunal for such orders or directions as may be necessary for
the winding up of the company.
(2) The exercise of powers by the Company Liquidator under sub-section (1) shall be
subject to the overall control of the Tribunal.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (1), the Company Liquidator shall
perform such other duties as the Tribunal may specify in this behalf.