"CS Ravi Garg is a Fellow Member of Institute of Companies Secretaries of India having good experience in legal, secretarial and SEBI matters. He is having 8.5+ years’ experience in handling Compliance management, handling projects and Investor Grievances related to Public Issues, IPO’s, ISIN Creation with Depository, Dematerialisation of Shares, SEBI Compliances, Secretarial, IEPF, FEMA, IPR etc. He has given support / guidance to 2500+ Investors for Claim of Shares and Dividends from IEPF and have rich experience in this field."
A fresh one-year window allows eligible investors to re-lodge pre-April 2019 physical share transfers and complete dematerialisation with prescribed safeguards.
Form IEPF-5 updated from 6 Oct 2025. New provisions include entitlement and authority letters, share-only claims, and validation of Demat details for IEPF refunds.
Delhi’s 2025 circular mandates a 0.1% stamp duty rate on share issuance (physical/demat), overriding central 0.005% for demat, resolving dual-rate confusion.
A guide to POSH Act compliance for Indian businesses, covering the mandatory Internal Complaints Committee, policy implementation, annual reporting, and recent Supreme Court directions.
SEBI opens a special window from July 7, 2025, to January 6, 2026, for investors to re-lodge rejected physical share transfer deeds for demat conversion.
Understand the regulations and tax implications of transferring shares through gift involving a Non-Resident. Learn about the reporting requirements and Income Tax Act provisions.
Revised Stamp Rates: The Finance Act has also amended the Schedule I of the Stamp Act, to change some existing duties and provides for new duties in case of transactions related to transfer.
Lockdown Period Not to Be Counted For Determining Residency Status of NRIS, Foreign Nationals ; CBDT clarifies in respect of residency under section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (8th May, 2020) allowed discounting of prolonged stay period in the country for determining the residency status, to provide relief to […]
Filing of e-form ACTIVE (Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification) After KYC of the Directors of the Company, MCA has issue notification on 21.02.2019, and amend the Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2019, wherein These rules shall come into force from 25.02.2019. Insertion of new Rule 25A after Rule 25. Insertion of New Form 22A (e-form Active) […]
This article contains provisions from IEPF Rues, 2016 as amended till date related to CLAIM SHARES TRANSFERRED TO IEPF AUTHORITY
