Moreover, it is difficult even though it may not be impossible to administer the company law as it is now in force in India without the aid of the principles laid down by some of the leading English cases like Salomon vs Salomon & Co.(1) laying down the principle of corporate personality, Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co. vs Riche(2) dealing with the rule of ultra vires, Royal British Bank vs Turguand(3) laying down the rule of `indoor management ', Hedley Byrne & Co. Ltd. vs Heller & Partners Ltd.(4) which establishes the liability for negligent mis statements in prospectuses, Foss vs 989 Harbottle(1) and Burland vs Earle(2) dealing with the principle of `the fraud on a minority ' and Ebrahimi vs Westbourne Galleries(3) dealing with the application of the `just and equitable ' principle in ordering the winding up of a company.