Tag: SEBI
September 1, 2022
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Hostile Takeovers in India – Part 2
The corporate landscape of India has been conservative in its dealings, as outright battles for control are a rarity as far as the field of M&A goes. In a world where most mergers or acquisitions take place on a cordial note, with both sides as willing parties, a hostile takeover would not have been imaginable even after Swaraj Paul’s infamous attempt to takeover Delhi Cloth Mills from the Shri Ram family and Escorts Limited from the Nanda family. ......
August 3, 2022
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
SEBI’s Thorough Classification of Public Sharehol...
Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("Listing Regulations"), companies listed on the Indian stock exchanges are required to submit a statement which describes the shareholding pattern separately for each class of securities in the format prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") . ......
June 15, 2022
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
SEBI’s Assortment of Employee Benefits for Listed...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), vide its notification dated August 13, 2021, introduced the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 ("2021 Regulations") . This was after an expert group, constituted to merge the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 and the SEBI (Issue of Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2002 into the 2021 Regulations recommended various changes to the earlier regulations. ...
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May 25, 2022
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
SEBI’s ESG Disclosure Requirements: Business Resp...
In recent years, ESG, or environmental, social and governance, investing has slowly and steadily made its way to becoming an investment strategy whereby investors put their money in companies that are looking to make the world a better place. ......
April 27, 2022
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
SEBI Amends Regulations Governing AIFs, The Post-Pandem...
Alternative Investment Funds ("AIF") in India are governed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Regulations), 2012 ("AIF Regulations") and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"). AIFs are investment funds that are established or incorporated in India that are privately pooled from foreign or Indian sources, in the form of trusts, companies, bodies corporate and limited liability partnerships. ......
January 19, 2022
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Sebi Unearths a Scheme of Stock Price Manipulation Oper...
The growing use of social media applications and exchange of information through these forums has provided platforms to investors that may enable the coordination of their actions to manipulate the stock market in the short-term. In January 2021, the sudden rise in shares of an American company, GameStop Corp., made headlines. Several hedge funds were short selling the shares of this company. ......
April 2, 2020
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Compliance Relaxations Introduced for Companies in Ligh...
The sweeping and unprecedented pandemic that is the novel coronavirus ("COVID – 19") has impacted businesses and their operations globally. These circumstances are unique and the future is unquantifiable. Governments all over the world are attempting to contain it by implementing lockdowns, India itself having effected a complete lockdown for 21 (twenty one) days. In light of the same, the Government has realised the importance of offering relief to not only employees but also employers. ...
July 25, 2019
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Corporate Law | General Corporate Advisory
Differential Voting Rights for Listed Companies in Indi...
In recent years, there has been increasing clamour and debate around implementing a framework for enabling issuance of shares with Differential Voting Rights (“DVRs”) where listed companies are concerned. In a move that is bound to significantly change the way certain transactions are structured, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) approved the Framework for Issuance of Differential Voting Rights Shares (“Framework”) on June 27, 2019....
Data Clean Rooms: The Future of Privacy-Compliant Data Collaboration
As organisations grapple with increasingly stringent privacy and data protection laws, the concept of the Data Clean Room (“DCR“) has emerged as a transformative solution that enables collaboration without compromising compliance.
The power of transition phrases in Indian patent drafting: the ‘Frimline’ Ruli...
Transition phrases are crucial in patent drafting for they define the scope of a claim. Choosing the correct phrase can impact what rights an applicant can enforce, as determined by the Delhi High Court recently, in Frimline v. K-Smatco
Representations, Warranties and Covenants: What are the consequences of breach?
Representations, Warranties and Covenants clauses are included in all commercial contracts. Traditionally, the nomenclature has not been clearly delineated, and representation and warranties are grouped together in a manner that often led them to be viewed as synonymous terms.
Pharmacyclics Continues the Divisional Applications Debate in India
In 2024, the Indian Patent Office (“IPO”) issued the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024 (“Rules”), which, among other things, amended the rules relating to filing of divisional applications.
An Analysis of the Reserve Bank of India’s Master Direction on Regulation of Payment...
On September 15, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") issued the Master Direction on Regulation of Payment Aggregators, 2025 ("Master Direction"), a framework governing both bank and non-bank entities engaged in the business of payment aggregation ("Payment Aggregators" or "PA").
Removal of fetters on the Arbitration process: Arbitration is not foreclosed due to pendin...
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 was enacted to facilitate expeditious and affordable resolution of disputes pertaining to in-personam rights arising out of contractual disputes between private parties.
Timing it Right: Delhi High Court on Pre-Grant Oppositions in India
What happens when a pre-grant opposition is filed after the Controller signs a patent application to grant? This knotty question was answered by the Delhi High Court in a recent case.
Navigating Share Transfer Restrictions in Shareholders’ Agreements Part 2
In our previous Article, we explored the foundational aspects of share transfer restrictions in shareholder agreements ("SHAs"), with a focus on concepts such as tag-along rights, drag-along rights, permitted and automatic transfers, amongst others and the interplay with the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act").
Collection of Children’s Data under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act: Not Ch...
The protection of children's personal data has and continues to present regulatory and practical challenges for lawmakers, businesses, organisations, institutions and establishments that deal with personal data ("Data Fiduciary").
When “Ok” Becomes “Not Ok”: A cautionary tale of miscommunication from the Indian Patent O...
An important step during patent prosecution in India is the hearing. As the Indian Patent Office (IPO) tends to issue only a single examination report, hearings before the Controller are common.
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