Company Meetings (1st Edition, 2025)

The meetings in a company play a crucial role in planning future strategy, implementing & reviewing the plans, in sync with the company’s mission and vision and adherence to the legal compliances & corporate governance issues. The meetings provide a platform to generate new ideas collectively and allow the discussions with deliberations from the different perspectives on the agenda, whether it be of the meetings of directors, shareholders, or other stakeholders.

The present book discusses the various types of meetings as required under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. The book contains 27 chapters which covers every aspect relating to meetings of the Board, Various Committees of Directors, Shareholders, Debenture holders and Creditors. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has issued the Secretarial Standard 1 and 2 pertaining to the meetings of the directors and shareholders, respectively, which have been statutorily recognised under Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. The revised Standards, effective from 1st April 2024, elaborate the detailed procedure for conduct of the meetings, compliances of which are mandatory as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. These have been incorporated in Chapters 26 and 27 of this book.