Query relating to secretarial audit and independent director

1.  Board can appoint additional independent director subject to approval of members in general  meeting.  Refer Nestle India AGM notice:

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2.  It would be advisable to appoint secretarial auditor at the earliest without waiting to end of year since audit should be a continuous process and is not one time activity.  Secretarial auditor should have access to all secretarial records during the year and should be in a position to give his suggestions for improvements, if any.

Thank you P C Agrawal Sir for your reply. Please clarify 1 more thing with respect to query no. 1. After going through the Nestle India AGM notice, I understand that the directors who are being appointed as independent director were already a director of the Company before commencement of section 150 of the Companies Act 2013 i.e. before 1st April 2014. If a Company have to appoint an independent director today, can the same be done i.e. independent director can be appointed as as additional director in board meeting and then regularied at AGM? Kindly reply.