Dhanvantri is the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee of Advanced Solutions Ltd. A meeting of this Committee of Directors has been scheduled to be held on 5th December, 2019 at 3.00 p.m. At 3.10 p.m. though the req

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Dhanvantri is the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee of Advanced Solutions Ltd. A meeting of this Committee of Directors has been scheduled to be held on 5th December, 2019 at 3.00 p.m. At 3.10 p.m. though the requisite quorum is present, Dhanvantri is not present. Can the meeting be still held or requires to be adjourned? Answer with reference to the relevant provisions.

Answer & Explanation:

Regulation 72 of Table F of Schedule I to the Companies Act, 2013 provides that if at the meeting of Committee, the Chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the members present may choose one of their members to be Chairman of the Meeting. In the instant case, the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee is not present within the 5 minutes of the scheduled time of the meeting and the requisite quorum is present. Hence, the members present may elect any one among them to act as the Chairman of the meeting and hold the meeting.

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