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The Companies Act, 2013

Chapter VII - Management And Administration (88-122)

Section 97-Power of Tribunal to call annual general meeting.

 [Section 97- notified w.e.f 01.06.2016 vide Notification No. S. O. 1934 (E) dated 01.06.2016]

Section 97- Power of Tribunal to call annual general meeting.[Corresponds to Section 167 of the Companies Act, 1956];  

(1) If any default is made in holding the annual general meeting of a company under section 96, the Tribunal may, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the articles of the company, on the application of any member of the company, call, or direct the calling of, an annual general meeting of the company and give such ancillary or consequential directions as the Tribunal thinks expedient:

Provided that such directions may include a direction that one member of the company present in person or by proxy shall be deemed to constitute a meeting.

(2) A general meeting held in pursuance of sub-section (1) shall, subject to any directions of the Tribunal, be deemed to be an annual general meeting of the company under this Act.