Applicability of sec. 297

The main condition for applicability of section 297 is that the contract shud be entered into between the company & the specified person. In the present case the company is entering into an contract with the private copany in which the director of the public company shud also be the director of the pvt co. But there is no such condition whihc is being satisfied.  The director of the pvt co is teh relative of teh director of teh public co would not satisfy the criteira becaseu teh public co is entering into a contrct with the pvt co & not the director's relative.  However if teh public co would have entered into a contract with teh relative of the director individually then the provision of section 297 would have got attracted.  So int his case section 297 would be N/A. 

however the director of the public co would be considered as an interested director & would be requried to dsiclose his interset u/s 299/300. He would not be entitled to participate into the Board Meetings and will also not have any right to vote.