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Introduction: One important tool for Government of India in bringing ease of doing business is leveraging technology. Government of India has been working hard to bring in technology to reduce human intervention and speed up processes that are vital for smooth functioning of businesses. One such initiative was introduction of e-adjudication mechanism for adjudicating cases

Consultation Paper on proposed amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 to rationalize the scope of the expression ‘connected person’, while not increasing compliance requirements The Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) via consultation paper dtd July 29,2024 has proposed amendments to the Securities and Exchange

Introduction Scheme of mergers, demergers, and various other arrangements (herein after “Corporate Restructuring”) involving listed entities are seen increasing at a greater pace in recent times. Listed entities involved in scheme of arrangement have to seek No Objection letter from stock exchanges[i]. Corporate Restructuring involving listed entities which are SEBI Registered Intermediaries and certain individuals

Introduction. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (‘MCA’) has been relentlessly striving to make the life of corporates easier by reducing the complexity of legal compliances. One such effort taken by MCA is, shifting of important e-forms to MCA V3 portal. Under this ongoing process of shifting the e-forms to new portal, MCA has shifted three

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (‘SEBI LODR’) lays down the provisions for effective corporate governance and fair disclosures by listed companies in India. On July 8, 2024, SEBI vide its SEBI LODR (Second amendment) regulation 2014 [LODR second amendment’] notified an amendment providing an option to debt-listed

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) constituted an Expert Committee on August 24, 2023, under the chairmanship of Shri S.K. Mohanty. The primary objective of this Committee being to facilitate ease of doing business for listed entities in India by harmonizing the provisions of the Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements (‘ICDR’) and

On 27th October 2023 and 9th November 2023 respectively, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified LLP of third amendment rules and LLP SBO rules. As per these rules, the LLPs are required to maintain register of partners and disclose to the Registrar of Companies (ROC)about the holders of beneficial interest other then registered partners and

‘Shareholders are de jure owners, and directors are de facto owners in a company’. This is an old saying explaining the position of shareholders and directors in a company. But off late, with more and more complex corporate structures being introduced in the capital markets for owning shares in a company, regulatory focus has been

Introduction: The Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (aa) and (ab) of sub-section (2) of section 46 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) (Hereinafter referred to as “FEMA 1999”) notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt instruments) Rules, 2019 [NDI Rules 2019] in supersession of the Foreign Exchange

Securities Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) vide its circular dtd June 25,2024 has come up with second amendment to SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) regulations, 2015 (‘SEBI PIT’). The effective date of this amendment is ninetieth day from the date of publication in the Official Gazette which shall be September 23, 2024. About Trading Plans