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Moneylife Digital Team 22 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has intensified its enforcement against financial influencers with a meticulously planned two-day search and seizure operation at the Karjat Trading Academy, run by financial influencer (finfluencer) Avadhut Sathe.   According to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has extended the deadline for investors of the defaulted broker, Karvy Stock Broking Ltd (KSBL), to file their claims. Investors now have until 31 December 2025 to submit their applications.   KSBL was declared a defaulter by the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 August 2025
Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs2 lakh on SMC Global Securities Ltd for regulatory violations related to trading terminals at unauthorised locations.   In an order, Jai Sebastian, adjudicating officer (AO) of SEBI, stated that SMC...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 August 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a discussion paper on the review of the monetary policy framework, beginning a public consultation on how the country’s inflation-targeting regime should evolve in the coming years.    This review is significant because India’s inflation-targeting...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 21 August 2025
The Delhi High Court recently clarified that it does not have the power to directly attach immovable properties situated outside its territorial jurisdiction even for enforcement of foreign arbitral awards (Daiichi Sankyo Vs Malvinder Mohan Singh & Ors).   The restrictions contained in Code...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 August 2025
The securities appellate tribunal (SAT) has directed that the trading and demat accounts of market commentator Sanjiv Bhasin, formerly associated with IIFL Securities, be unfrozen after he deposits Rs1 crore with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The order comes in connection...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 August 2025
Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, which prohibits all forms of online games played with money, whether based on skill, chance or a mix of both while encouraging e-sports and positive social gaming.    The law aims to strike a balance...

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Bar  and   Bench 20 August 2025
The Delhi High Court recently ordered the blocking of websites and removal of mobile applications misrepresenting their association with Premji Invest (plaintiff) to defraud the general public (PI Investment Advisory LLP & Anr v Registrant of Premjiex.com & Ors).    Premji Invest supports the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has suspended the certificate of registration (CoR) of Swaraj Shares and Securities Pvt Ltd, a SEBI-registered merchant banker (MB), for three months. The action follows an inquiry into multiple lapses by the MB, including failure...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs1 lakh on Integrated Master Securities Pvt Ltd for providing false and misleading information during an investigation into trades in the shares of Mastek Ltd.   Mastek, listed on Bombay Stock...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has intensified its crackdown on fraudulent investment schemes, imposing penalties totalling Rs1,860.03 crore over the past five years to curb pump-and-dump scams in the securities market.   According to data tabled in the Lok...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cancelled the certificate of registration (CoR) of Amrapali Aadya Trading and Investment Pvt Ltd as a portfolio manager. The decision comes after repeated non-compliance with regulatory requirements and SEBI’s conclusion that...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed Swati Purwar, a former partner of Prowise Capital, to refund Rs2.23 lakh received by the firm from investors towards unregistered investment advisory services. The refund liability is to be discharged jointly and...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 18 August 2025
The Supreme Court was on Monday privy to high drama during a hearing in NGO Infrastructure Watchdog’s appeal against the Securities Appellate Tribunal’s (SAT) refusal to halt the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Smartworks Coworking Spaces Limited [Infrastructure watchdog Vs Securities Exchange...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 August 2025
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs13.70 lakh on five cooperative banks, including four from Gujarat and one from Maharashtra, for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of Rs5 lakh has been imposed on Gujarat-based Sarvodaya...

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One step forward, two steps back—that’s how depositor protection feels at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under its 26th governor, Sanjay Malhotra. While financial inclusion is a government objective, millions of depositors remain trapped between progressive policy promises and the reality of...

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Marc Desaedeleer, an independent director of Suzlon Energy Ltd, resigned from the board of the company on 8 June 2024, citing governance concerns and pinpointing a lack of transparency in the communication to the board members.   Such factual reasons being given for a resignation is quite...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 August 2025
In a significant step toward inclusive banking, the Supreme Court (SC) has directed that persons with disabilities (PwDs) must be given equal, barrier-free access to financial services, and that know-your-customer (KYC) processes should be adapted to accommodate their needs without...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs6 lakh on Eqwires Research Analyst (Eqwires) (noticee 1) and its partners, Bansri Pankajbhai Thakkar (noticee 2) and Pranay Dineshbhai Morakhiya (noticee 3). The penalty follows multiple violations of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 August 2025
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has slapped Rs120 crore penalty and barred from markets for up to five years six former top executives, including four members of the Wadhawan family of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL). The action follows a detailed...

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