https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98059 A proxy form was held to remain effective despite wrongly describing an extraordinary general meeting as an annual general meeting, because the error was plainly harmless and the form otherwise substantially complied with the required standard form. Proxy votes also could not be rejected wholesale merely because some appointing shareholders had given adverse voting instructions; votes lawfully cast within the proxy's authority had to be counted. Once those votes were included, the resolutions removing the directors and appointing replacements were validly carried, and later refusal by the new appointees to serve did not alter the legal effect of the meeting. en-us Fri, 19 Jul 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:56:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98059 A proxy form was held to remain effective despite wrongly describing an extraordinary general meeting as an annual general meeting, because the error was plainly harmless and the form otherwise substantially complied with the required standard form. Proxy votes also could not be rejected wholesale merely because some appointing shareholders had given adverse voting instructions; votes lawfully cast within the proxy's authority had to be counted. Once those votes were included, the resolutions removing the directors and appointing replacements were validly carried, and later refusal by the new appointees to serve did not alter the legal effect of the meeting. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 19 Jul 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=98059