A Board of Directors meeting is held in a company with 9

Solution

Section 174 of the Companies Act, 2013 deals with "Quorum for Meetings of the Board". Sub-section (1) states: "The quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors of a company shall be one-third of its total strength or two directors, whichever is higher, and the participation of the directors by video conferencing or by other audio-visual means shall also be counted for the purposes of quorum under this sub-section." In the example of 9 directors, one-third would be 3 directors. Since 3 is higher than 2, the quorum would be 3 directors. Section 172 addresses appointment of directors, Section 173 addresses directors' disqualification, Sections 175-176 address directors' identification numbers, but Section 174 specifically prescribes board quorum.