My recent article asked whether a director can demand a copy of the board meeting recording. Several readers, including Independent Directors, raised the natural follow-up: if an Independent Director's dissent is not robustly recorded in the minutes, can the recording be relied on in a court of law, and does it help under Section 149(12) of the Companies Act, 2013? The short answer: yes. A board meeting recording is admissible, and in a Section 149(12) defence it can be decis