Companies Act, 2017 — section 342

342. Dissolution of company..—(1) When the affairs of a company have been completely wound up, or when the Court is of the opinion that the official liquidator cannot proceed with the winding up of the company for want of funds and assets or any other reason whatsoever and it is just and reasonable in the circumstances of the case that an order of dissolution of the company be made, the Court shall make an order that the company be dissolved from the date of the order, and the company shall be dissolved accordingly: Provided that such dissolution of the company shall not extinguish and right of, or debt due to the company against or from any person.

(2)A copy of the order shall, within fifteen days of the making thereof, be forwarded by the official liquidator to the registrar, who shall make in his books a minute of the dissolution of the company and shall publish a notice in the official Gazette that the company is dissolved.

(3)If the official liquidator makes default in complying with the requirements of this section, he shall be liable to a daily penalty of level 1 on the standard scale.