hi kitty
Section 295 of the Companies Act regulates grant of loans by a public company (and its subsidiaries), barring exempted categories, to its directors, their relatives and the firms and companies in which they are interested, as mentioned in the said section. Therefore, the section provides that a company cannot make a loan, give guarantee or provide security in connection with such a loan without obtaining the previous approval of the central government.
this section is applicaple to only directors of company and their relatives and the firms and companies in which they are interested,
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