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Rozaline Sherly

Associate in General Corporate Practice at the Bangalore office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Rozaline can be reached at rozaline.sherly@cyrilshroff.com

Is India’s Residency Requirement For Managerial Appointments For Public Companies Due For Reform?

—Bharath Reddy, Shubham Parkhi, and Rozaline Sherly

Summary

The Companies Act, 2013 (“Companies Act”), mandates certain residency requirements for managerial personnel and provides that such personnel must have continuously resided in India for 12 months preceding their appointment, failing which the approval of the Central Government is required. In an era of over-shrinking…