The Registrar of Companies (RoC) here has confirmed processing of an application from KPH Dream Cricket Pvt Ltd, a company co-owned by filmstar Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia, joint managing director of Bombay Dyeing, and which owns the Kings XI Punjab Indian Premier League cricket team, to be allowed to pay a fine for breaching company law.
The application dates back to August last year, when the high court entered the picture, after a lower court issued warrants to Zinta, Wadia and two other co-promoters, Karan Paul, chairman of the Apeejay Surrendra Group, and Mohit Burman, Director of Dabur India Ltd, for ignoring summons on the RoC charge.
The RoC here had charged KPH in April for not filing its balance sheet or returns for the year ending March 2009, a year after the firm came into existence. A lower court had then issued notices, followed by the warrants. An appeal followed to the high court, which stayed the proceedings.
KPH had then pleaded to be allowed to apply for compounding (meaning, regularisation on payment of a fine). The RoC had noted the stay would have to go before any processing could be done. The HC was then applied to and it gave an okay, in December, for the processing of the compounding application.
Raj Singh, the RoC, told Business Standard: “The company has submitted its application to us, in which they had stated that the Chairman and other directors are willing to pay the compounding fee. Payment of compounding fee is not conviction but rather a compromise. The application is under consideration and after studying, it can be forwarded to the Company Law Board(CLB).” the CLB will decide the compounding fee.
KPH was registered on March 10, 2008, with the RoC. Raj Singh also said the company has since filed its balance sheet for 2008-09.