Case Note & Summary
The appeal was filed by the appellants, Prateek Jain and others, against an order dated 21.05.2026 from the National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi, which dismissed their application for preponement of a hearing date. The application, I.A. No. 2273 of 2026, was intended to advance the hearing originally scheduled for 29.06.2026. However, by the time of the appeal, the date had already passed, and the next hearing was set for 04.08.2026. The court noted that the appeal had become infructuous as the date for which the preponement was sought had elapsed. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed as it no longer served any purpose, and the court found no grounds to proceed further with the matter. The decision was made by Justice Mohammad Faiz Alam Khan and Mr. Naresh Salecha.
Headnote
A) Company Law - Infructuous Appeal - Dismissal of Appeal - National Company Law Tribunal Act, 2016 - The appeal was filed against the dismissal of an application for preponement of a date which had already elapsed, rendering the appeal infructuous. The court held that since the next date was fixed for a later time, the appeal was dismissed as it no longer had any relevance (Paras 1-1).
Issue of Consideration
Whether the appeal regarding the preponement of the date has become infructuous.
Final Decision
The appeal was dismissed as infructuous since the date for which preponement was sought had already elapsed.
Law Points
- Infructuous appeal
- preponement of date
- dismissal of application
