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 Clause 49 of Listing Agreement : Composition of Board
(i) The Board of directors of the company shall have an optimum combination of executive and non-executive directors with not less than fifty percent of the board of directors comprising of non-executive directors.
 
(ii) Where the Chairman of the Board is a non-executive director, at least one-third of the Board should comprise of independent directors and in case he is an executive director, at least half of the Board should comprise of independent directors.
 
(iii) For the purpose of the sub-clause (ii), the expression ‘independent director’ shall mean a non-executive director of the company who:
a.

apart from receiving director’s remuneration, does not have any material pecuniary relationships or transactions with the company, its promoters, its directors, its senior management or its holding company, its subsidiaries and associates which may affect independence of the director;
b.

is not related to promoters or persons occupying management positions at the board level or at one level below the board;
c.

has not been an executive of the company in the immediately preceding three financial years;
d.

is not a partner or an executive or was not partner or an executive during the preceding three years, of any of the following:
i)

the statutory audit firm or the internal audit firm that is associated with the company, and
ii)

the legal firm(s) and consulting firm(s) that have a material association with the company.
e.

is not a material supplier, service provider or customer or a lessor or lessee of the company, which may affect independence of the director; and

f. is not a substantial shareholder of the company i.e. owning two percent or more of the block of voting shares.
Explanation
For the purposes of the sub-clause (iii):
a.

Associate shall mean a company which is an “associate” as defined in Accounting Standard (AS) 23, “Accounting for Investments in Associates in Consolidated Financial Statements”, issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
b.

“Senior management” shall mean personnel of the company who are members of its core management team excluding Board of Directors. Normally, this would comprise all members of management one level below the executive directors, including all functional heads.
c.

“Relative” shall mean “relative” as defined in section 2(41) and section 6 read with Schedule IA of the Companies Act, 1956.
(iv) Nominee directors appointed by an institution which has invested in or lent to the company shall be deemed to be independent directors.

  
Explanation:
“Institution’ for this purpose means a public financial institution as defined in Section 4A of the Companies Act, 1956 or a “corresponding new bank” as defined in section 2(d) of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 or the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 [both Acts].”