Q3 COMPANY LAW DU SOL
Every listed company shall appoint at least one woman director within one year from the commencement of the second proviso to Section 149(1) of the Act. Every other public company having paid up share capital of Rs. 100 crores or more or turnover of Rs. 300 crore or more as on the last date of latest audited financial statements, shall also appoint at least one woman director within 1 years from the commencement of second proviso to Section 149(1) of the Act. A period of six months from the date of company’s incorporation, has been provided to enable the companies incorporated under Companies Act, 2013 to comply with this requirement. It is better to say that existing companies (under the previous companies act) has to comply the above requirements within one year and new companies (under the new companies act) has to comply within 6 months from the date of its incorporation. Further if there is any intermittent vacancy of a woman director then it shall be filled up by the board of directors within 3 months from the date of such vacancy or not later than immediate next board meeting, whichever is later. (Rule 3 of Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 hereinafter referred in this chapter as Rule)
APPOINTMENT OF
DIRECTORS – Section 152
First Director The first directors of most of the companies
are named in their articles. If they are not so named in the articles of a
company, then subscribers to the memorandum who are individuals shall be deemed
to be the first directors of the company until the directors are duly
appointed. In the case of a One Person Company, an individual being a member
shall be deemed to be its first director until the director(s) are duly
appointed by the member in accordance with the provisions of Section 152.
General provisions relating to appointment of directors
1. Except as provided in the Act, every director shall be
appointed by the company in general meeting.
2. Director Identification Number is compulsory for
appointment of director of a company.
3. Every person proposed to be appointed as a director shall
furnish his Director Identification Number and a declaration that he is not
disqualified to become a director under the Act.
4. A person appointed as a director shall on or before the
appointment give his consent to hold the office of director in physical form
DIR-2 i.e. Consent to act as a director of a company. Company shall file Form
DIR-12 (particulars of appointment of directors and KMP along with the form
DIR-2 as an attachment within 30 days of the appointment of a director,
necessary fee. {Rule8}
5. Articles of the Company may provide the provisions
relating to retirement of the all directors. If there is no provision in the
article, then not less than two-thirds of the total number of directors of a
public company shall be persons whose period of office is liable to
determination by retirement by rotation and eligible to be reappointed at
annual general meeting. Further independent directors shall not be included for
the computation of total number of directors. At the annual general meeting of
a public company one-third of such of the directors for the time being as are
liable to retire by rotation, or if their number is neither three nor a
multiple of three, then, the number nearest to one-third, shall retire from 12
Appointment and Qualifications of Directors office. The directors to retire by
rotation at every annual general meeting shall be those who have been longest
in office since their last appointment. At the annual general meeting at which
a director retires as aforesaid, the company may fill up the vacancy by
appointing the retiring director or some other person thereto. If the vacancy
of the retiring director is not so filled-up and the meeting has not expressly
resolved not to fill the vacancy, the meeting shall stand adjourned till the
same day in the next week, at the same time and place, or if that day is a
national holiday, till the next succeeding day which is not a holiday, at the
same time and place. If at the adjourned meeting also, the vacancy of the
retiring director is not filled up and that meeting also has not expressly
resolved not to fill the vacancy, the retiring director shall be deemed to have
been re-appointed at the adjourned meeting, unless—
(i) a resolution for the re-appointment of such director has
been put to the meeting and lost;
(ii) the retiring director has expressed his unwillingness
to be so re-appointed;
(iii) he is not qualified or is disqualified for
appointment;
(iv) a resolution, whether special or ordinary, is required
for his appointment or re-appointment by virtue of any provisions of this Act;
or
(v) section 162 i.e. appointment of directors to be voted
individually is applicable to the case.
Section 169 of the Companies Act,
2013 deals with removal of Directors. A company may remove a director before
the expiry of the term of his office by passing an ordinary resolution and
after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard. However, any director
who has been appointed by National Company Law Tribunal u/s 242, is not subject
to the provisions of section 169.
The provision is not applicable where the company has availed
the option to appoint not less than two – thirds of the total number of
directors in accordance with the principle of proportional representation.
A special notice is required for any resolution, for removing a
director or for appointing any person in place of a director removed.
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