Pvt becoming pub

Dipjyoti Majumdar (CA in service & CS. dipmaj@ rediffmail.com )   (3468 Points)

15 June 2011  

Friends

If a private company becomes a public company due to becoming a subsidiary of another public company, can the originally private company continue with the words "pvt ltd" after its name ? Or it is required to change its name under section 21 of the CA 1956.

Thanks