Director appointment rules: companies must file Form DIR-9 within 30 days after receiving a director's Form DIR-8 notice. The Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) (Amendment) Rules, 2023 (effective 23 January 2023) amend rule 14 to require that whenever a company receives Form DIR-8 it must file Form DIR-9 with the Registrar within thirty days; the amendment also adds that certain filings referenced to Form DIR-10 must be filed before the Regional Director and substitutes updated annexure forms DIR-3 through DIR-12.