Section 174The Companies Act, 2013

Section 174The Companies Act, 2013

Quorum for Meetings of Board (1) The quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors of a company shall be 1[one third of its total strength or two Directors, whichever is higher], and the participation of the Directors by video conferencing or by other audio visual means shall also be counted for the purposes of quorum under this sub-section.] […]

Section 173 The Companies Act, 2013

Section 173 The Companies Act, 2013

Meetings of Board (1) Every company shall hold the first meeting of the Board of Directors within thirty days of the date of its incorporation and thereafter hold a minimum number of four meetings of its Board of Directors every year in such a manner that not more than one hundred and twenty days shall intervene between two consecutive meetings of

Section 172 The Companies Act, 2013

Section 172 The Companies Act, 2013

Penalty If a company is in default in complying with any of the provisions of this Chapter and for which no specific penalty or punishment is provided therein, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a penalty of fifty thousand rupees, and in case of continuing failure, with a further penalty of

Section 171 The Companies Act, 2013

Section 171 The Companies Act, 2013

Members’ right to inspect. (1) The register kept under sub-section (1) of section 170,— (a) shall be open for inspection during business hours and the members shall have a right to take extracts therefrom and copies thereof, on a request by the members, be provided to them free of cost within thirty days; and (b) shall also be kept

Section 170 The Companies Act, 2013

Section 170 The Companies Act, 2013

Register of Directors and key Managerial Personnel and their Shareholding (1) Every company shall keep at its registered office a register containing such particulars of its Directors and key managerial personnel as may be prescribed, which shall include the details of securities held by each of them in the company or its holding, subsidiary, subsidiary of company’s holding company or associate companies. [(2) A return

Section 169 The Companies Act, 2013

Section 169 The Companies Act, 2013

Removal of Directors (1) A company may, by ordinary resolution, remove a director, not being a director appointed by the Tribunal under section 242, before the expiry of the period of his office after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard: 1[Provided that an independent director re-appointed for second term under sub-section (10) of section 149 shall be removed by the company only by passing a special

Section 168 The Companies Act, 2013

Section 168 The Companies Act, 2013

Resignation of Director (1) A director may resign from his office by giving a notice in writing to the company and the Board shall on receipt of such notice take note of the same and the company shall intimate the Registrar in such manner, within such time and in such form as may be prescribed and shall also place the fact of such resignation in

Section 167 The Companies Act, 2013

Section 167 The Companies Act, 2013

Vacation of Office of Director (1) The office of a director shall become vacant in case— (a) he incurs any of the disqualifications specified in section 164; 1[Provided that where he incurs disqualification under sub-section (2) of section 164, the office of the director shall become vacant in all the companies, other than the company which is in default under that sub-section.] (b)

Section 166 The Companies Act, 2013

Section 166 The Companies Act, 2013

Duties of Directors (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a director of a company shall act in accordance with the articles of the company. (2) A director of a company shall act in good faith in order to promote the objects of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole, and in the best interests of the company, its employees, the shareholders, the community