Securities and Exchange Board of India
CA, CS, CMA : Major rulings and notifications clarified tax treatment, compliance timelines, and financial regulations. The updates emphasize ef...
SEBI : Regulation 31A lays down strict eligibility and compliance requirements for promoter reclassification. The key takeaway is that lo...
CA, CS, CMA : The update discusses GST rulings on ITC and refunds, income tax relief interpretations, and insolvency reforms. It also covers dis...
Income Tax : Explains how commission-driven incentives in banks lead to mis-selling of financial products. Highlights the need for structural r...
SEBI : Explains mandatory quarterly disclosures under SEBI LODR, including financial results, governance reports, and shareholding patter...
SEBI : The consultation highlights that existing net worth calculations based on retained client funds are no longer effective. A revised...
SEBI : The draft circular addresses issues in managing unpaid client securities and proposes changes to the existing pledge framework. It...
Finance : The agreements introduce structured protocols for intelligence sharing and monitoring compliance under PMLA. The ruling highlights...
SEBI : The issue involved misuse of telecom resources in financial scams. The MoU establishes real-time data sharing to enable early dete...
SEBI : The issue concerns multiple filings of the same disclosures on different stock exchanges. The framework enables a single filing sy...
SEBI : The issue was whether failure to refund investor funds is time-barred. The Court held it is a continuing offence, rejecting the li...
Company Law : Supreme Court held that diversion of funds raised through preferential allotment for purposes other than those stated in offer doc...
SEBI : Calcutta High Court directs SEBI to accept Priya Ranjan Sah's payment, citing a one-day delay as not warranting prolonged litigati...
SEBI : SEBI penalty on Deccan Chronicle's Company Secretary overturned. Tribunal rules Company Secretary not responsible for verifying au...
SEBI : SEBI prosecutes directors of Gujarat Arth Ltd for market manipulation and fraudulent trading under SEBI Act....
SEBI : The issue was compliance timeline under amended DT regulations. SEBI extended the deadline to October 2026 due to implementation c...
SEBI : The event underscored that increasing retail participation must be matched with stronger investor awareness and safeguards. It emp...
SEBI : SEBI addressed concerns over high funding costs caused by gross settlement requirements. It permitted netting for outright transac...
SEBI : SEBI clarified that only a body corporate can act as a sponsor under MF Regulations 2026. A family trust, not being a body corpora...
SEBI : SEBI reduced the threshold under Regulation 10(c) from ₹2 lakh to ₹1,000, easing compliance requirements. The move simplifies ...
As per Section 131 [B] of the Finance Act, 2015 all rules, directions, guidelines, instructions, circulars, or any like instruments, made by the erstwhile Forward Markets Commission (FMC) or the Central Government applicable to recognised associations under the Forward Contracts Regulation Act, 1952 (FCRA) would continue to remain in force for a period of one year from the date on which FCRA was repealed (September 29, 2015)
As per Section 131(B) of Finance Act, 2015 all rules, directions, guidelines, instructions, circulars, or any like instruments, made by the erstwhile FMC or the Central Government applicable to recognised associations under the FCRA would continue to remain in force for a period of one year from the date on which FCRA was repealed (September 29, 2015), or till such time as notified by SEBI, whichever is earlier.
In one of the recent rulings of the SAT, Mumbai, the interim order passed by SEBI in the matter of Neesa Technologies Limited(Company) has been quashed qua one of the directors i.e. Mr. Nimain Charan Biswal who had joined and resigned from the directorship of the Company before the issuance of Non-convertible Debentures (NCDs),the subject matter of the case.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee have primary objective of: 1.Identify persons who are qualified to become directors of the Board and recommend the same to the Board. 2. Identify persons who may be appointed in senior management of the Company and recommend the same to the Board.
Bonus issue refers to a further issue of shares made by a company having share capital to its existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings without any consideration. It is also called as capitalization of the reserves of the Company.
Important Definitions with Regard to SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 i.e. SEBI SAST 2011 Regulations, 2011- 1. Acquirer:- means any person who, directly or indirectly, acquires or agrees to acquire whether by himself, or through, or with persons acting in concert with him, shares or voting rights in, or control over a target company;
Insider Trading can be defined as buying or selling of any security by any person who has access to and is known to any kind of price sensitive information regarding the day to day affairs of the company, which they possess but which is not available to others.
Amendment to the SEBI (Issue and listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008 to provide for Consolidation and Re-issuance of debt securities in the Corporate Bond Market and Call and Put Options.
The regulatory framework for Institutional Trading Platform (ITP) was put in place vide amendments notified to SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 (ICDR Regulations) on August 14, 2015. Various enabling amendments to other SEBI regulations i.e. on Takeover, Listing, Delisting and AIF were also notified.
Now, the Companies which have securities listed on the Designated Stock Exchange i.e. NSE & BSE shall have to make certain disclosures and Compliances under the (LODR) Regulations, 2015. Therefore, I have prepared a Checklist on the Compliances which needs to be complied under these regulations.
