India: Directors and Officers

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA"), through notification dated 31.12.2025, notified the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies)...

MCA, through notification dated 31.12.2025, notified the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Amendment Rules, 2025 ("Appointment Amendment Rules") to amend the Companies...

Independent directors are expected to treat whistleblower mechanisms as governance infrastructure, not reporting hygiene. A well-functioning audit committee is meant to see whistleblower data...

Recently, while submitting e-form FC-2 (Return of Alteration in Documents Filed for Registration of a Foreign Company) under Section 380(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 3(4) of the Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014 with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA").

Minority shareholders in Indian listed companies increasingly use Section 245 derivative actions to challenge board decisions that allegedly harmed the company particularly RPT approvals...

Commercial and shareholders' disputes are an inevitable facet of corporate life, often arising from divergent interests, power struggles, or alleged misconduct within a company.

In the recent times, there has been a growing trend of lodging frivolous FIR's in otherwise purely commercial disputes with an intent to harass and intimidate the opposite party i.e., the company, its directors and/or its key managerial personnel.

Joint ventures continue to be a preferred route for strategic Indian investors seeking to expand into unfamiliar foreign markets.

Almost all corporate houses have a number of legal entities under their umbrella for various purposes. However, over a period of time, some of these entities become redundant...