law: The Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act, 1997
  9. Arrangement with Company on appointment of directors to prevail.-
  (1) Where any arrangement entered into by the company with an industrial or other concern provides for the appointment by the company of one or more directors of such concern, such provision and any appointment of directors made in pursuance thereof shall be valid and effective notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or in any other law for the time being in force or in the memorandum, articles of association or any other instrument relating to such concern, and any provision regarding share qualification, age limit, number of directorships, removal from office of directors and such like conditions contained in any such law or instrument aforesaid, shall not apply to any director appointed by the company in pursuance of the arrangement as aforesaid.
  (2) Any director appointed in pursuance of sub-section (7) shall-
  (a) hold office during the pleasure of the company and may be removed or substituted by any person by order in writing by the company;
  (b) not incur any obligation or liability by reason only of his being a director or for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith in the discharge of his duties as a director or anything in relation thereto;
  (c) not be liable to retirement by rotation and shall not be taken into account for computing the number of directors liable to such retirement.