Due to COVID-19 pandemic, MCA vide its Circular dated 08th April, 2020, has issued procedural guidelines in respect of conduct of extra ordinary general meetings through video conferencing (VC) or other audio-visual means (OAVM) on or before 30th September, 2020.
While Circular dated 08th April, 2020 and Circular No 17/2020 dated April 13, 2020, came as a welcome relief but it failed to address an important issue i.e. with respect to issue of notice to members whose email id is not available. After receiving several representations, MCA vide Circular No 17/2020 dated April 13, 2020 has allowed sending of notices only through email to members whose email id is available along with certain other measures.
Following additional relaxations have been granted:
For companies which are required to provide the facility of e-voting or any other company which has opted for such facility | For companies which are not required to provide the facility of e-voting | |
Manner of sending notice of meeting to members |
Further the Chairman of the meeting shall satisfy himself and cause to record the same before considering the business in the meeting that all efforts feasible under the circumstances have indeed been made by the company to enable  to participate and vote on the items being considered in the meeting. |
Further the Chairman of the meeting shall satisfy himself and cause to record the same before considering the business in the meeting that all efforts feasible under the circumstances have indeed been made by the company to enable  to participate and vote on the items being considered in the meeting. |
Transaction of business by postal ballot | Companies which are mandatorily required to provide e-voting facility to members , can transact a business through postal ballot upto June 30, 2020 or till further orders, whichever is earlier , in accordance with the Circular dated 8th April 2020 and 13th April , 2020. The Company shall be duty bound to provide opportunity to its members to register the email id and provide the same in public notice. Further result based on e-voting will only be declared for the said purpose. | Not applicable |
Poll during the meeting | Not applicable | Members shall provide assent or dissent to any item which is transacted by poll by way of email during the course of meeting and not in advance |