Bharat Guide to Company Directors By K R Chandratre 8th Edition 2025

Bharat Guide to Company Directors By K R Chandratre 8th Edition 2025

Guide to COMPANY DIRECTORS (Appointment, Vacation of Office and Removal, Remuneration, Loans, Office or Place of Profit, Contracts & Arrangements, Meetings & Proceedings and Related Party Transactions)

Contents

1. Appointment of Directors


2. Cessation of a Director


3. Board’s Powers: Powers of Issue of Shares, Borrowings, Investments, Loans, Guarantees and Securities


4. Meetings and Proceedings of Board and Committees


5. Managerial Personnel, Key Managerial Personnel and Chief Executive Officer


6. Law and Procedure Relating to Remuneration of Directors


7. Duties and Responsibilities of Directors


8. Directors' Duty regarding Disclosure of Interests in Contracts and Arrangements


9. Liabilities of Directors


10. Compounding of Offences, Adjudication of Penalties and Compromise or Settlement by Lok Adalat

Appendix I  Exemptions Granted by Central Government under section 462 of the Companies Act, 2013

About the Author

Dr K R Chandratre is a practising company secretary with over 35 years of experience. He holds a Master’s degree in commerce, an LL.B from the University of Pune. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He was the President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India during 1996 and was also the Vice-President for two years. He was a member of the Working Group on Redrafting of the Companies Act, 1956 constituted by the Government of India in August 1996, to draft a new Companies Act to be substituted for the Companies Act, 1956, which resulted in the Companies Bill, 1997. He also served as the Chairman of the Committee on ‘Delisting of Securities’ constituted by SEBI in March 1997. He was the President of the Pune Stock Exchange, Pune, India, during April 2004 to April 2005. He has authored over 1000 articles and 24 books on various subjects in the areas of Corporate Laws and Corporate Secretarial Practice. He has also addressed more than 300 seminars, workshops, conferences and conventions besides contributing papers at national and international levels.