The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has nominated six people as Directors on the general committee of the Delhi Gymkhana Club to manage its affairs. The Directors nominated to the committee are Ajay Kumar Sawhney, Nalin Kohli, Kuljeet Singh Chahal, Kumar Rajesh Chandra, Malay Kumar Sinha and Ashish Verma.
The newly-appointed Directors have been asked to take corrective measures with respect to the activities of the club. Under the previous management, the club was found to be violating various norms. Among them, Nalin Kohli is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India and the national spokesperson of the BJP while Kuljeet Singh Chahal is general secretary of the Delhi BJP. An IPS officer, Kumar Rajesh Chandra, is currently the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal and Malay Kumar Sinha is a former IPS officer.
"The Directors appointed... shall take over the charge of the Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd from the administrator and from any person who may be in-charge of the company immediately in terms of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order," the Corporate Affairs Ministry said in an order issued on Sunday. The Ministry has also asked the new Directors to file a report before the Principal Bench of the NCLT in terms of the order passed by it last week.
"The Directors are directed to take all actions for restructuring the company in terms of the Memorandum and Articles of Association and take over corrective measures which are in violation of the Memorandum and Articles of Association and of the Companies Act, 2013," the order said. The tribunal on Friday ruled that there was sufficient evidence of mismanagement of club affairs. In a scathing judgment, it said that there were “irregularities of a grave nature of the conduct and affairs” of the club, contrary to the Memorandum of Association.
The NCLT on Friday allowed the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to take over the control of the Delhi Gymkhana Club by nominating 15 people to be appointed as the Directors who will manage the affairs of the Company.
In a 149-page order passed by a two-member Bench of the NCLT, headed by president Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and Member Narender Kumar Bhola said there was "sufficient material" for holding that it is a case of mismanagement for the affairs of the club on a petition moved by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs under Sections 241 and 242 of the Companies Act, 2013 alleging that the affairs of Delhi Gymkhana Club were being conducted in a manner prejudicial to public interest.
The tribunal had allowed the Ministry to nominate 15 people as Directors on the club's general committee as well as manage the affairs of the club. In April 2020, the Government through Ministry of Corporate Affairs had moved NCLT seeking to supersede club's general committee.
