REGULATIONS


Moneylife Digital Team 14 November 2025
In a landmark step towards strengthening ethical governance and transparency in India’s capital markets regulator, a high-level committee (HLC) on 'conflict of interest, disclosures and related matters' has recommended a comprehensive revamp of the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 November 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has uncovered suspected fund diversions amounting to as much as Rs100 crore in a series of small and medium enterprise (SME) initial public offerings (IPOs) managed by merchant banker First Overseas Capital Ltd (FOCL), according to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 November 2025
The Union government has notified the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, a crucial framework that gives operational shape to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. The move marks a significant step in India’s long-awaited data privacy overhaul and advances compliance...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 November 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs1.50 lakh on the Tamil Nadu-based Mettupalayam Cooperative Urban Bank for non-compliance with RBI directions. The violations pertain to rules governing loans and advances to directors, their relatives and firms or concerns connected to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 November 2025
Infomerics Valuation and Rating Pvt Ltd, a SEBI-registered credit rating agency (CRA), has paid Rs65.25 lakh to settle regulatory proceedings initiated by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The settlement follows SEBI's findings of several lapses and non-compliances...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 November 2025
India’s aviation regulator, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), has issued a sweeping safety directive requiring pilots, air traffic controllers (ATCs) and airlines to report any suspected cases of spoofing in the global positioning system (GPS) or interference in the global...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 12 November 2025
The Karnataka High Court recently held that the State government has no authority to regulate the service conditions of employees of the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), ruling that the Central government alone is the “appropriate government” under the Industrial Disputes Act,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 November 2025
Corporate and institutional banking, investment banking and sustainable finance services provider BNP Paribas has paid Rs39.97 lakh to settle adjudication proceedings initiated by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The settlement stems from allegations that the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 November 2025
Two non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have voluntarily surrendered their registration certificates to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), while the regulator has cancelled the registration of two other NBFCs. After deciding to exit the business, these two NBFCs surrendered their registration...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 November 2025
A high-level committee (HLC) chaired by former chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) Pratyush Sinha has submitted its report on 'conflict of interest, disclosures and related matters' concerning members and officials of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The report was formally...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 November 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed penalties totalling Rs4 lakh on three cooperative banks for failing to comply with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of Rs2 lakh has been imposed on Maharashtra-based Mumbai District Central Co-operative (DCC) Bank...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 November 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the supersession of the board of directors of Mumbai-based Abhyudaya Cooperative Bank Ltd for an additional year, citing the need to safeguard public interest amid ongoing governance concerns.   RBI had first invoked its powers under Section 36AAA,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 November 2025
In a move to protect investors from the growing menace of online investment scams, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has reached out to major social media platforms and internet search engine providers, urging them to strengthen mechanisms that prevent their...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 06 November 2025
The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on Dabur's plea for an interim injunction against Patanjali Ayurveda's new advertisement, which had allegedly termed all other chyawanprash brands "dhoka" (fraud or deception) (Dabur India Limited v Patanjali Ayurved Limited &...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 November 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed penalties of Rs11.60 lakh on three cooperative banks and one housing finance company (HFC) from Maharashtra for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of Rs8 lakh has been imposed on Latur District Central...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 04 November 2025
The national company law appellate tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday set aside the competition commission of India (CCI) direction that barred WhatsApp from sharing user data with Meta group companies for advertising purposes. (Meta, WhatsApp v. CCI)   A coram of justice (retd) Ashok Bhushan, the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 November 2025
Angel One Ltd has paid Rs34.57 lakh to settle adjudication proceedings initiated by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The settlement concludes SEBI regulatory action against the brokerage over alleged lapses in making timely and accurate disclosures, as required...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 November 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a total penalty of Rs2.64 crore in a case involving price and volume manipulation in the shares of Quasar India Ltd. Of this, Rs2.50 crore has been imposed on 18 entities, to be paid jointly and severally. In addition,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 October 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs26 lakh on two cooperative banks for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of Rs25 lakh has been imposed on Gujarat-based Mehsana Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd.   Parner Taluka Sainik...

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Moneylife Digital Team 31 October 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs1 lakh on Choice Equity Broking Pvt Ltd for non-compliance with the regulator’s cybersecurity and cyber resilience framework.   A joint thematic inspection was conducted by SEBI along with the Bombay...

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