Sukanya is director in nine public limited companies, one dormant public limited company and ten private limited companies. She has vast experience in business management and is invited by Green Ltd. to join as director.

The following provisions are contained in Section 165 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) for number of directorships a person can hold in companies. As per Section 165 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013, after commencement of the Act, no person shall hold office of a director, including any alternate directorship in more than twenty companies at the same time, provided that maximum number of public companies in which a person can be appointed shall not exceed ten. As per the explanations provided in Section 165(1) of the Companies Act, 2013: for reckoning the limit of public limited companies in which a person can be appointed as director, the directorship in private companies that are either holding or subsidiary company of a public company shall be included. for reckoning the limit of directorships in twenty companies, the directorship in a dormant company shall not be included. In view of the above provisions for calculating the directorships held by Sukanya, the directorship held in 1 dormant public limited company shall be excluded. Therefore, she can accept the invitation of Green Ltd. for directorship and after appointment in Green Ltd., the directorships held by her will be within the overall prescribed limit of 20 companies (including not more than 10 Public companies) as indicated under: 10 public limited companies 1 dormant public limited company (excluded from the limit as above) 10 private companies