Comment on the action of Chairman with reference to Secretarial Standard and what would be the implications if there is no quorum in the adjourned general meeting.

Secretarial Standard-2, Para 15.1 deals with the adjournment of meetings. Under that, Chairman of a general meeting may also adjourn a meeting in the event of disorder or other like causes, when it becomes impossible to conduct the meeting and complete its business. In the given case, since there was a disorder and commotion during the meeting, the Chairman was right in adjourning the meeting though the same was not accepted by members present. Further, SS-2 says that at an adjourned meeting, only the unfinished business of the original meeting shall be considered. Hence, the Chairman was right in considering the unfinished special business as set out in the AGM notice in the adjourned meeting. If, at an adjourned Meeting, Quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed, the Members present, being not less than two in number, will constitute the Quorum. Any Resolution passed at an adjourned Meeting would be deemed to have been passed on the date of the adjourned Meeting and not on any earlier date.