Govt asks Antrix to file petition to wind up Devas Multimedia
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Last Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 08:16 PM IST
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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has cited a rule in the Companies Act, 1956 that allows a petitioner to file for the winding up of a company if it has, in the petitioner’s opinion, been formed for “fraudulent and unlawful purposes”.
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BENGALURU: The government has directed Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of India s space agency, to file a petition to wind up Devas Multimedia, a Bengaluru-based firm that has filed lawsuits seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from it over a cancelled satellite deal.