Company Secretary
1352 Points
Joined January 2012
As per clause 49 1 (A),
i)The Board of directors of the company shall have as optimum combination of executive and non-executive directors with not less than fifty percent of the board of directors comprising of non-executive directors.
ii) Where the Chairman of the Board is a non-executive director, at least one third of the Board should comprise of independent directors and in case he is an executive director, at least half of the Board should comprise of independent directors.
if your company has sufficient independent directors as per clause 49 1(A) (ii) after demise of independent director, it is not manadatory to appoint independent director. Appointment of indepenent director should take place immediately if there are no sufficient independent directors in your company as per clause 49 1 (A) (ii) after demise.
As per my knowledge there is no specific section deals with it either in companies act or Listing agreement.