Guide to Company Directors

Bharat’s Guide to Company Directors – 8th Edition 2025 is a comprehensive handbook on the law, duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of company directors in India. This authoritative edition provides detailed guidance on the rights, obligations, and governance role of directors under the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI Regulations, and other corporate laws, making it an indispensable resource for professionals, directors, academicians, and corporate practitioners.

Key Features of the Book:

• Complete Coverage of Directors’ Law: Explains appointment, qualifications, disqualifications, duties, liabilities, remuneration, and removal of directors.

• Updated with Latest Amendments: Incorporates all recent amendments up to 2025, including the Companies (Amendment) Acts, SEBI guidelines, and MCA notifications.

• Practical Guidance: Provides step-by-step procedures for board meetings, shareholder approvals, compliance reporting, and filings.

• Corporate Governance Insights: Discusses board independence, committees, related party transactions, and governance norms.

• Judicial Rulings: Summarizes important case-law on directors’ responsibilities and liabilities, including personal accountability and fiduciary duties.

• Ready Reference Tools: Contains specimen resolutions, checklists, compliance charts, and formats for quick implementation.

Special Coverage in this Edition:

• Provisions relating to Independent Directors, Women Directors, and Small Shareholder Directors.

• Director’s fiduciary duties and conflict of interest issues under Indian corporate law.

• Liability for fraud, mismanagement, and oppression cases with recent NCLT/NCLAT/SC rulings.

• SEBI Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) Regulations as applicable to listed companies.

• Board Evaluation, Corporate Governance Code, and ESG responsibilities.

Why This Book is Essential:

• Serves as a complete guide for directors, company secretaries, chartered accountants, corporate lawyers, and compliance professionals.

• Bridges the gap between law, practice, and compliance with easy-to-apply tools.

• Provides clarity on directors’ role in governance, risk management, and accountability.

• Equally useful for students of law, commerce, and management preparing for professional examinations.

Bharat’s Guide to Company Directors – 8th Edition 2025 is an indispensable reference work that equips directors and professionals with the knowledge and practical tools needed to ensure good governance and compliance in today’s corporate environment.