Companies Act, 1956
Sec 45 - Members
severally liable for debts where business carried on with fewer than seven, or
in the case of a private company, two members.
If at any time the number of members of a company, is reduced,
in the case of public company, below seven, or in the case of a private
company, below two, and the company carries on business for more than six
months while the number is so reduced, every person who is a member of the
company during the time that it so carries on business after those six months
and is cognizant of the fact that it is carrying on business with fewer than
seven members or two members, as the case may be, shall be severally liable for
the payment of the whole debts of the company contracted during that time, and
may be severally sued therefor.