The Register of Companies ("ROC"), Delhi will be exercising administrative control over the CRC until a separate Registrar is appointed for the same.

Pursuant to the coming into force of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 on December 1, 2015, SEBI issued a circular on November 30, 2015.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") notified the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2015 ("ICDR Amendment") on October 27, 2015.

Continuing its move to introduce legislative amendments by way of ordinance, while the Parliament is not in session, the Central Government has once again amended the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996...

Pre Diwali, the Government of India announced reforms liberalising the Foreign Direct investment ("FDI") Policy in relation to 15 (fifteen) sectors (covered in our previous Newsletter).

To facilitate Rupee denominated borrowing from overseas, the RBI has incorporated a framework for the issuance of Rupee denominated bonds overseas...

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has on December 15, 2015 issued the IRDA (Issuance of Capital by Indian Insurance Companies transacting other than Life Insurance Business) Regulations, 2015.

The Listing Regulations require listed entities to disclose the shareholding pattern for each class of securities in prescribed format and 100% of the shares held by the promoter/ promoter group are to be held in dematerialised format...

The SEBI (VCF) Regulations, 1996 were replaced by the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 ("AIF Regulations").

The Notification amends the Transfer Regulations, allowing foreign investment through investment vehicles, subject to certain terms and conditions.

By a circular dated October 6, 2015, the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has increased the maximum limit for investments by Foreign Portfolio Investors

The CCI found the Airlines indulging in 'concerted action' in Fixing Fuel Surcharge rates ("FSC"), in contravention of the Competition Act, 2002 ("Competition Act").

Earlier this year, the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act,2015 ("Insurance Amendment Act") amended the Insurance Act...

Initiate the public consultation process for disclosure requirements, for issuing and listing of green bonds, which are in accordance with the principles recommended by the International Capital Market Association.

The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") issued a circular on November 30, 2015 to revise the framework for External Commercial Borrowings ("ECB Circular").

The Ordinance, which comes into effect immediately, is a step towards swift disposal of commercial disputes of a specified value.

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion ("DIPP") issued a notification on October 26, 2015 publishing the draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2015...

Restrictions on minimum floor area of 20,000 (twenty thousand) square meters and minimum capitalisation requirement of US$ 5,000,000 (United States Dollars Five million) have been removed.

The MCA amended the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 ("Share Capital Rules") in relation to buy-back calculation for private companies and unlisted public companies...

In this regard, the 2020 Regulations have clarified that the role of the compliance officer cannot be assigned to the principal officer or the employee of the portfolio manager.