Calling of extraordinary general meeting
Section 100 of the Companies Act, 2013 deals with calling of extraordinary general meeting. The Board may, whenever it deems fit, call an extraordinary general meeting of the company. The Act came into force on 01 Apr 2014.
(1) The Board may, whenever it deems fit, call an extraordinary general meeting of the company.
1[Provided that an extraordinary general meeting of the company, other than of the wholly owned subsidiary of a company incorporated outside India, shall be held at a place within India.]
(2) The Board shall, at the requisition made by,--
(a) in the case of a company having a share capital, such number of members who hold, on the date of the receipt of the requisition, not less than one-tenth of such of the paid-up share capital of the company as on that date carries the right of voting;
(b) in the case of a company not having a share capital, such number of members who have, on the date of receipt of the requisition, not less than one-tenth of the total voting power of all the members having on the said date a right to vote, call an extraordinary general meeting of the company within the period specified in sub-section (4).
(3) The requisition made under sub-section (2) shall set out the matters for the consideration of which the meeting is to be called and shall be signed by the requisitionists and sent to the registered office of the company.
(4) If the Board does not, within twenty-one days from the date of receipt of a valid requisition in regard to any matter, proceed to call a meeting for the consideration of that matter on a day not later than forty-five days from the date of receipt of such requisition, the meeting may be called and held by the requisitionists themselves within a period of three months from the date of the requisition.
(5) A meeting under sub-section (4) by the requisitionists shall be called and held in the same manner in which the meeting is called and held by the Board.
(6) Any reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionists in calling a meeting under sub-section (4) shall be reimbursed to the requisitionists by the company and the sums so paid shall be deducted from any fee or other remuneration under section 197 payable to such of the directors who were in default in calling the meeting.
Section 100, The Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).
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Judgments citing this section
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… notice under Section 142(1) of the Act was issued requesting the petitioner to provide the High Court order granting capital reduction and financial statements highlighting the capital reduction in the balance sheet. In response thereto, on 7th December 2018, the petitioner provided the High Court order passed under Section 100 of the Companies Act, 1956 granting LBCPL to cancel the shares and consequently reduced capital. On 28th March 2018, the Transfer Pricing Officer ("TPO") to whom the capital reduction transaction was referred on account of it being with an associated enterprises, the capital reduction transaction was accepted at …
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… Reference was invited to the orders, passed by the learned Single Judge, as well as by the Division Bench, cited supra . DGG expressed discomfiture at the fact that the shares, transferred by DGG to RGG, were being used by RGG for, inter alia , issuing notices under Section 100 of the Companies Act and filing proceedings before the NCLT. It was further contended that Mutual Funds, held by Dinesh Gupta in his personal name, were being blocked by Rajesh Gupta on the ground that he was the nominee therein. Owing to these obstructions, it was pointed out that Dinesh Gupta had not been able to …
Made under this section, and citing it
2 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.
Another 1 instrument names this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 100
What does Section 100 of the Companies Act deal with?
Section 100 of the Companies Act is headed "Calling of extraordinary general meeting". The Board may, whenever it deems fit, call an extraordinary general meeting of the company.
How do I find court cases under Section 100 of the Companies Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Companies Act 100, section 100 Companies Act, section 100 of the Companies Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 100 of the Companies Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 197 (Overall maximum managerial remuneration and managerial remuneration in case of absence or inadequacy of profits), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 3 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 2: most recently The Companies (Management and Administration) Amendment Rules, 2014 (2014), then The Companies (Management and Administration) Second Amendment Rules, 2014 (2014).
When did Section 100 of the Companies Act come into force?
Section 100 of the Companies Act, cited as Companies Act 100, came into force on 01 Apr 2014, having been enacted on 29 Aug 2013. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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