Thursday, July 30, 2009

AP High Court quashes plea against Satyam’s CLB nominees

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad,July 28: The AP High Court, on Tuesday, dismissed an appeal filed by Mr Manoharlal Sharma, a Supreme Court advocate, challenging an order passed by the Company Law Board to supersede the management board of Satyam Computer Services.

Justice V.V.S. Rao, the judge designated to hear cases arising out of the Companies Act, dismissed the case at the stage of admission. This must have come as a great relief to the Solicitor-General of India, Mr Gopala Subramaniam and Additional Solicitor-General, Mr Ravindran, who had rushed from Delhi on Sunday night on the instructions of the Prime Minister’s Office to appear in the case.

The petitioner challenged the Company Law Board’s (CLB) order that permitted the induction of a new investor in scam-hit Satyam Computers.

In another order, the high court directed the state government to maintain status quo on an order issued for the cancellation of the agreement with Maytas Infra Pvt Ltd to execute the proposed Hyderabad Metro Rail Project, till further orders

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