Technically an Independent Director doesn’t have a pecuniary relationship with the company.
But the next time you hear him singing praises of Patanjali just remember he isn’t an unrelated Journalist but someone whose
Mincing no words, Tyagi said, some independent directors are appointed at the mercy of promoters "(with) no prescribed qualifications or procedures, favouritism, (many are from) closed clubs (such as) only those people being
There are people appointing friends just to “fulfil the requirement of Companies Act (and) Sebi's listing regulations is not at all working... One needs to really think through these", he added.
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Independent director, means a director other than a managing director or a whole-time director or a nominee director,-
who, in the opinion of the Board, is a person of INTEGRITY and possesses relevant expertise and experience