Madras HC stays RoC order disqualifying individual director

RoC had disqualified him on Sept 8 for being on the board of some other companies that hadn't filed return continuously for three years

The Madras High Court has issued an interim stay against an order of the Registrar of Companies (RoC), Chennai, disqualifying an individual from being director under the Companies Act, 2013, for five years till 2021. The court has also issued notice of motion to the Centre and the Registrar of Companies, in a  petition filed by an individual director.

The petition was filed by R Ganapathi, who has been the director at RSG Engineering and Constructions Pvt Ltd, Deccan Softlab Pvt Ltd and Projelec Marketing and Management Pvt Ltd, which weren't operative and were struck off from the Register of