06 March 2010
Matters on which special notice may be given
Special notice u/s 190 of the Companies Act, 1956 may be given by a member to the company for any of the following purposes:—
1. Appointment of a person other than a retiring auditor at an annual general meeting. [Section 225(1)]
2. Resolution that a retiring auditor shall not be re-appointed. [Section 225(1)]
3. Appointment of first auditors at a general meeting after removal therein. [Sections 224(5) and 225(4)]
4. Removal of a director under section 284 and appointment of a director in his place. [Section 284]
5. Section 257 allowing a person to stand for election as director by giving notice to the company appears to be another provision of special notice, but this is an independent provision and not related to section 190.
6. Appointment of small shareholders' director [Section 252]
7. Nomination of auditor in place of first auditor removed at a general meeting. As soon as nomination is received from a member nomination a person as auditor in place of the first auditor removed, the company shall give notice to the members not less than 14 days before the meeting. [Section 224(5) proviso]
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