Tag Archives: Postal Ballot

GENERAL MEETING THROUGH AUDIO VISUAL MEANS


Within days of the nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 (Corona), Indian Stock exchanges on 26th March 2020 received intimation of first extraordinary general meeting through audiovisual means. This was not legally facilitated. After a great demand, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs came out with a hurried framework through its General Circular 14/2020 dated 8th April 2020, applicable to all listed or unlisted companies. It raises more question that solution as of now but certainly in a good direction. Thereafter Ministry issued General Circular 17/2020 dated 13th April 2020. We have already discussed this framework for companies which are not required to provide the facility of e-voting under the Act. We will in this post discuss this framework for Companies which are required to provide the facility of e-voting under the Act or any other company which has opted for such facility.

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GENERAL MEETING THROUGH AUDIO VISUAL MEANS IN OTHER COMPANIES


Within days of the nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 (Corona), Indian Stock exchanges on 26th March 2020 received intimation of first extraordinary general meeting through audiovisual means. This was not legally facilitated. After a great demand, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs came out with a hurried framework through its General Circular 14/2020 dated 8th April 2020, applicable to all listed or unlisted companies. It raises more question that solution as of now but certainly in a good direction. We will in this post discuss this framework for private and unlisted public companies with less than one thousand members. {Update: This post is updated to incorporate provisions of General Circular 17/2020 dated 13 April 2020}

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Amendment in Management and Administration Rules


Ministry of Corporate Affairs notified on 23rd September 2016 the Companies (Management and Administration) Amendment Rules, 2016 amending the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2013 with effect from that date.

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POSTAL BALLOT


Section 110 of the Companies Act, 2013 creates legal backing for postal ballot.

A company shall transact businesses notified by Central Government through postal ballot only not in general meeting.

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RESOLUTION, MINUTES AND REPORT


Recently we have discussed “General Meetings”, “Preparing General Meetings” and “Proxies, Voting and Polling”. The provision contains here also applicable to all company meetings unless context restrict them to General Meeting.

RESOLUTION (SECTIONS 114):

The Companies Act, 2013 does not define resolution. Resolution is a formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly. This may be ordinary resolution or special resolution.

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PROXIES, VOTES AND POLLING


Recently we have discussed “General Meetings” and “Preparing General Meetings”. In this post we will discuss things during meetings like Proxies, voting, poll and related matters.

Proxies are one of the beauties of corporate legislations. Proxies have their important in corporate decision making through voting and polls.

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