Decide if the office of Mr. Satish Nirankar, Director of Royal Ltd. shall be vacated in the following circumstances: (i) he did not attend any board meeting of the Company during the financial year 2016-17, but had promp

Section 167 of the Companies Act, 2013 provides that, among other grounds, the office of a director shall become vacant in case: he absents himself from all the meetings of the Board of Directors held during a period of twelve months with or without seeking leave of absence of the Board. [Section 167(1)(b)] Case (i): In present case, he did not attend any of the Board meetings held during the financial year 2016-17. The office of directorship held by Mr. Satish Nirankar shall become vacant on completion of one year from the last meeting he attended. The fact that he has given leave of absence and the company has acknowledged it shall have no effect.