This book is the most updated & amended compendium of the annotated text of the Acts/Rules/Regulations/Circulars/Master Circulars, etc., on SEBI & Securities Laws in India. The coverage of this book includes:

• SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 (as amended up to date) with Clarifications
• SEBI Act, 1992 (as amended up to date) with SEBI Notifications
• Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act, 1956 (as amended up to date) with Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, other Rules/Regulations & Clarifications
• 75+ SEBI Rules/Regulations, 630+ Circulars/Notifications/Press Notes from 1992 onwards, and 15+ Master Circulars from 2010 onwards
• SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (Listing Regulations) with Clarifications & Listing Agreements for Indian Depository Receipts

What sets this book apart is the Circulars amending/Clarifying the primary Circular are given together to give a complete picture.

The Present Publication is the 40^th Edition & amended up to 24^th November 2022. This book is edited by Taxmann’s Editorial Board. The contents of the book are as follows:

SEBI Act, 1992

Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act, 1956 with Rules & Regulations

SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018

SEBI Rules, Regulations and Guidelines

• Accredited Investors
• Alternative Investment Funds
• Bankers to an Issue
• Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contract
• Buy-Back of Securities
• Certification of Associated Persons in Securities Markets
• Collective Investment Scheme
• Credit Rating Agency
• Commodity Derivatives
• Custodian
• Debenture Trustee
• Debt Securities – Issue and Listing of
• Delisting of Securities
• Depositories
• Depositories Receipts Scheme, 2014
• Derivatives
• Development Financial Institutions
• Disclosure Standards for Corporates
• Employee Benefits Share Based and Sweat Equity
• EURO Issue and other Guidelines
• Foreign Portfolio Investors/Foreign Venture Capital Investors
• Forward Contracts/Commodity Derivatives
• Informal Guidance
• Infrastructure Investment Trusts
• Insider Trading, Prohibition of
• Intermediaries
• International Financial Services Centres
• Investment Advisers
• Investor Protection
• Interest Liability Regularisation
• Know your Client Registration Agency & Know your Client
• Lead Managers
• Market Makers
• Merchant Bankers
• Money Laundering
• Mutual Funds
• Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares, Issue and Listing of
• Offer Documents
• Ombudsman
• Online Bond Platform Providers (OBPPs)
• Portfolio Manager
• Real Estate Investment Trust
• Refund to Investors
• Registrar to an Issue/Share Transfer Agents
• Research Analyst/Proxy Advisors
• Sandbox
• SEBI Nominee Directors
• Securities Appellate Tribunal
• Securities Transaction Tax
• Securitised Debt Instruments/Security Receipt, Issue and Listing of
• Self-Regulatory Organisation
• Settlement of Administrative and Civil Proceedings
• Stock Broker and Stock Exchanges
• Takeover Regulations
• Underwriters
• Unfair Trade Practices
• Vanishing Companies
• Vault Manager
• Other Rules & Regulations
• Application Supported by Blocked Amount Process (ASBA)

Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements

About the author

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