The AGM should be held at the registered office or any place within the city, town or village where such a registered office is situated. In the case of an unlisted company, an AGM can be held in any place in India if all the members consent to it in advance, either in written form or through electronic mode.
However, the Central Government is empowered to exempt a company from the AGM provisions, subject to the conditions it may impose. Thus, a company can hold AGM outside India if it applies to the Central Government to relax the provisions of Section 96 of the Companies Act, 2013 and allow it to conduct AGM outside India.