C/SCA/7880/2021 JUDGMENT DATED: 06/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 7880 of 2021 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Sd/- ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No No ========================================================== DIRECTOR LAKHABHAI KESHWALA Versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR SUDHIR M MEHTA(2058) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MS SHAILEE S MEHTA(5873) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR CHAITANYA S JOSHI(5927) for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 06/04/2026 JUDGMENT In this petition, the order of disqualifying the petitioner as Director of the Company in exercise of the powers vested under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 published on the website of the Ministry of Corporate A(airs, Registrar of Companies, Ahmedabad is under challenge. The said period of disquali,cation was for a period of 5 years from the date of order of such disquali,cation which admittedly has expired after the period of 5 years. Challenging said order, petitioner has C/SCA/7880/2021 JUDGMENT DATED: 06/04/2026 approached this Court by the present Special Civil Application and an interim order had been passed on 18.04.2022 staying such disquali,cation and by virtue of the same, petitioner herein was extended the bene,t of the said interim order and the period of disquali,cation having expired or has got spent itself, nothing further survives for consideration in this petition. Hence, clearly observing that the petitioner had the bene,t of execution and implementation of the impugned order during the pendency of the present petition from the date of ,ling of the petition till date and the period of disquali,cation ,xed under the impugned order having also got spent itself, the petition stands disposed of by quashing the impugned orders. Rule is made absolute to the aforesaid extent. Costs made easy. Sd/- (HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK,J) SURESH SOLANKI Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: SURESHKUMAR MOTIBHAI SOLANKI(HC00208), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 06/04/2026 17:07:20