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When Family Becomes Liability: SEBI Eyes Trading Window Freeze for Relatives of Designated Persons
While the automated framework enhances enforcement efficiency, its blanket application to IRs, without refining definitional clarity and safeguarding individual autonomy risks regulatory overreach, compliance fatigue, and unjust restrictions on bona fide investors.
Tejas Chandna
Apr 306 min read
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Redefining Insider Trading? Unpacking SAT’s Ruling in Kunal Kashyap v. SEBI
The SAT ruling in Kunal Kashyap v. SEBI sets a concerning precedent.
Pranav Jain, Shreyansh Anchalia
Mar 135 min read
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[Part 2] Recasting the Net of Contra-Trading Restrictions: A Critical Examination of SEBI’s Proposed Expansion of ‘Connected Persons’
The proposed amendments to insider trading regulations, although well-intentioned, raise significant concerns.
Harshal Chhabra, Pranshu Gupta
Mar 95 min read
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[Part 1] Recasting the Net of Contra-Trading Restrictions: A Critical Examination of SEBI’s Proposed Expansion of ‘Connected Persons’
SEBI’s proposed expansion of ‘connected persons’ represents a pivotal shift in insider trading regulations.
Harshal Chhabra, Pranshu Gupta
Mar 86 min read
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The One Where Everyone’s a Suspect: Analyzing PIT-falls of SEBI’s Re-definition of “Connected Persons” and “Relatives”
The author examines the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Third Amendment) Regulations 2024.
Sanskruti Madhukar Kale, Aneesha Tadi
Mar 26 min read
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A Deep Dive into SEBI’s Recommended Insider Trading Reforms
SEBI amendments are laudable but come with a drawback of over regulation and disturbance of efficient markets.
Kabir Kumar
Feb 155 min read
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SEBI’s Consultation Paper on UPSI- Expanding the Ambit or Restricting the Window?
The expansion of UPSI, without clearly outlining the exceptions and information outside the UPSI ambit, creates regulatory imbalance.
Owais S Khan
Dec 14, 20246 min read
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Rationalizing the Scope of “Connected Person”: SEBI’s Proposed Amendments to PIT Regulations
The rationalization of the term ‘relative’ in PIT Regulations with the Income Tax Act 1961 aids in clarity.
Priyanshu, Harshita Bhandari
Oct 1, 20246 min read
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Analyzing the SEBI’s Inadvertent Restriction on Informed Trading
By classifying unverified market information as UPSI via the amendment, the SEBI contradicts prior jurisprudence on the matter.
Ahana Kaginalkar, Shubh Jaiswal
Jul 26, 20247 min read
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Viability of Flexible Trading Plans under the PIT Regulations: Hit or Miss?
Changes basis American experience might be undesirable without going into the root cause of the unpopularity of TPs.
Garima Agrawal
Jan 26, 20246 min read
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Pedestalizing Intention - A Vivid Interpretation of the Insider Trading Regulations
The dichotomy perpetuated by the courts has created a hard barrier for the SEBI Regulations 2015 to achieve their objective.
Mayank Jain, Rohan Sood
Aug 17, 20236 min read
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Inclusion of Mutual Funds in PIT Regulations: Narrowly Missing the Bull's Eye
This post examines the inclusion of units of mutual funds in the PIT Regulations.
Aryan Puri
Oct 16, 20226 min read
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