law: Companies Act, 2013 
  290.
  
    Powers
  
  and duties of Company Liquidator.
  1.      Subject to directions
  
  by the Tribunal, if any, in this regard, the Company Liquidator, in a winding
  
  up of a company by the Tribunal, shall have the power—
  a.     
  
    to
  
  carry on the business of the company so far as may be necessary for the
  
  beneficial winding up of the company;
  b.    
  
    to
  
  do all acts and to execute, in the name and on behalf of the company, all
  
  deeds, receipts and other documents, and for that purpose, to use, when
  
  necessary, the company’s seal;
  c.     
  
    to
  
  sell the immovable and movable property and actionable claims of the company by
  
  public auction or private contract, with power to transfer such property to any
  
  person or body corporate, or to sell the same in parcels;
  d.    
  
    to
  
  sell the whole of the undertaking of the company as a going concern;
  e.     
  
    to
  
  raise any money required on the security of the assets of the company;
  f.     
  
    to
  
  institute or defend any suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding, civil or
  
  criminal, in the name and on behalf of the company;
  g.    
  
    to
  
  invite and settle claim of creditors, employees or any other claimant and
  
  distribute sale proceeds in accordance with priorities established under this
  
  Act;
  h.     
  
    to
  
  inspect the records and returns of the company on the files of the Registrar or
  
  any other authority;
  i.      
  
    to
  
  prove rank and claim in the insolvency of any contributory for any balance
  
  against his estate, and to receive dividends in the insolvency, in respect of
  
  that balance, as a separate debt due from the insolvent, and rateably with the
  
  other separate creditors;
  j.      
  
    to
  
  draw, accept, make and endorse any negotiable instruments including cheque,
  
  bill of exchange, hundi or promissory note in the name and on behalf of the
  
  company, with the same effect with respect to the liability of the company as
  
  if such instruments had been drawn, accepted, made or endorsed by or on behalf
  
  of the company in the course of its business;
  k.     
  
    to
  
  take out, in his official name, letters of administration to any deceased
  
  contributory, and to do in his official name any other act necessary for
  
  obtaining payment of any money due from a contributory or his estate which
  
  cannot be conveniently done in the name of the company, and in all such cases,
  
  the money due shall, for the purpose of enabling the Company Liquidator to take
  
  out the letters of administration or recover the money, be deemed to be due to
  
  the Company Liquidator himself;
  l.      
  
    to
  
  obtain any professional assistance from any person or appoint any professional,
  
  in discharge of his duties, obligations and responsibilities and for protection
  
  of the assets of the company, appoint an agent to do any business which the
  
  Company Liquidator is unable to do himself;
  m.   
  
    to
  
  take all such actions, steps, or to sign, execute and verify any paper, deed,
  
  document, application, petition, affidavit, bond or instrument as may be necessary,—
                       
  
   i.        
  
    for
  
  winding up of the company;
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    for
  
  distribution of assets;
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    in
  
  discharge of his duties and obligations and functions as Company Liquidator;
  
  and
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
  
  d.     
  
  
  e.     
  
  
  f.     
  
  
  g.     
  
  
  h.     
  
  
  i.     
  
  
  j.     
  
  
  k.     
  
  
  l.     
  
  
  m.     
  
  
  n.     
  
    to
  
  apply to the Tribunal for such orders or directions as may be necessary for the
  
  winding up of the company.
  1.     
  2.      The exercise of
  
  powers by the Company Liquidator under sub-section (1 ) shall be subject
  
  to the overall control of the Tribunal.
  3.      Notwithstanding the
  
  provisions of sub-section (1 ), the Company Liquidator shall perform such
  
  other duties as the Tribunal may specify in this behalf.