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trading members and clearing members in the equity derivatives and currency derivatives segments. stock brokers in the cash segment who are covered under Schedule III A [payment of fees by stock brokers] of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 and stock brokers in the cash segment who may migrate to Schedule III A [payment of fees by stock brokers] of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 in future (as and when they migrate). Full Article

After taxing investors for dividend stripping, the Income Tax (I-T) Department is gearing up to tax bonus stripping. Official sources say scrutiny of returns filed by companies, brokers and individuals active in the stock markets and in possession of shares revealed wide use of this mechanism to evade tax. Full Article

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 - Amendment in regulations 2,10,29,42,50, 96,98, Schedules VIII, XI and insertion of regulation 55A. Full Article

A bill enabling the State Bank of India (SBI) to split its shares and issue bonus shares may be placed in the current winter session of Parliament. Besides, the amendments to the State Bank of India Act, 1955, envisage the preferential or private placement of shares. The SBI (Amendment) Bill also proposes to allow India’s No. 1 bank to bring down the government holding to 51 per cent, which is on a par with other nationalised banks. Full Article

Clearing shareholders‘ confusion over returns they get from equities, market regulator SEBI on Friday made it mandatory for companies to declare dividend on per share basis, besides prescribing a uniform procedure for dealing with unclaimed shares.   “It has been decided to mandate that listed companies shall declare their dividend on per share basis only,” SEBI said while issuing [...] Full Article

Khoday Distilleries vs. CIT (Supreme Court) Where the department held that on the Company allotting rights and bonus shares to its shareholders in a disproportionate manner, it had made a “gift”, HELD, rejecting the contention that: (i) An allotment of shares is a “creation” of shares and not a “transfer” of shares. There is a [...] Full Article