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 ...
2. In continuation thereof, it has been decided to amend the Simplified Listing Agreement for Debt Securities as follows with immediate effect:(a) fter clause 5, the following proviso shall be inserted: Provided that this requirement shall not be applicable in case of unsecured debt instruments issued by regulated financial sector entities eligible for meeting capital requirements as specified by respective regulators.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) vide circular ref. no. MRD/DoP/Cir-05/2007 dated April 27, 2007 made PAN mandatory for all securities market transactions. Thereafter, vide circular no. MRD/DoP/ Cir-05/2009 dated May 20, 2009 it was clarified that for securities market transactions and off-market/ private transactions involving transfer of shares in physical form of listed companies, it shall be mandatory for the transferee(s) to furnish copy of PAN card to the Company/ RTAs for registration of such transfer of shares.
SEBI, vide its press release dated December 10, 2009 had informed that ASBA facility shall be extended to all investors other than QIBs, in all public issues with effect from January 1, 2010. It was also informed that SEBI would be displaying names and other relevant details of banks (Self Certified Syndicate Banks (SCSBs) which will be authorized to accept ASBAs w.e.f. January 1, 2010, on the website www.sebi.gov.in .
The single-most important regulation in India, governing the acquisition of shares or control in an Indian listed company is the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover) Regulations, 1997, or the Takeover Code. In the backdrop of changing needs of a dynamic Indian economy surging at a growth pace of more than 7 per cent over the last few years, this code has been tested during many a corporate takeover battle in India, observes Girish Vanvari, Executive Director, M&A Tax Head and Member of the Tax Executive Committee, KPMG India, Mumbai.
This follows a renewed effort by CBDT to seek clarification on the issue. The finance ministry has decided to keep the issue of taxing participatory notes (P-Notes) on the back burner to encourage foreign inflows. These views follow a renewed effort by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to seek a clarification on the taxation of the P-Notes. Sources said the clarification was sought since it was noticed that the issuance of these notes had gone up, following a buoyancy in the equity market.
The mammoth fraud at IT major Satyam, involving over Rs 14,000 crore as per CBI, proved to be the most brazen swindling act, forcing the government to re-write corporate governance rules during 2009 and tighten the norms for chartered accountants. While the investigating agencies had a tough time going through voluminous documents to get to the extent of the scam and uncover the modus-operandi of the fraud, disclosed by the company’s founder and then chief B Ramalinga Raju himself in January, it could still take quite some time for the courts to punish the guilty.
In terms of the provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, read with the provisions of the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, SEBI has issued various guidelines/circular s from time to time for compliance by Mutual Funds and AMCs, the first such circular being issued in 1993.
India will not tax foreign funds at their point of entry as the government believes the economy is resilient enough to absorb the dollar deluge. Such a tax on foreign inflows — called the Tobin tax, after its proponent, 1981 Economics Nobel winner James Tobin of the US — is being fiercely advocated by the EU and the UK, while Brazil has already imposed a 2 per cent levy. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, however, does not favour a tax on finances entering India. He told Parliament today that “the market mechanisms have sufficient resilience and have been functioning normally”.
The corporate affairs ministry and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) are confident of meeting the April 2011 deadline to shift to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). But industry says a complete transition from Indian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to IFRS may take time.
The market watchdog Sebi today extended the ASBA (application supported blocked amount) facility to corporate investors and high networth individuals (HNIs) to enable them to apply for IPOs or rights issue by keeping the application money in their bank accounts till allotment. Currently, this facility is available only to retail investors.
