REGULATIONS


Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a sweeping overhaul of nomination rules for demat accounts and mutual fund (MF) folios, including making nomination the default option for investors, as part of efforts to simplify account opening and reduce unclaimed...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
Accuracap Prime Opportunities Fund, its manager Accuracap Technologies LLP and key officials Naresh Chand Gupta, Raman Nagpal, Prateek Gupta and Divya Singha have settled a case with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by paying ₹21.75 lakh over alleged violations...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
As many as 111 brokers have settled enforcement proceedings initiated by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over their association with certain algorithmic (algo) trading platforms that allegedly offered assured or guaranteed returns to investors. Each of these...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
The Indian government has clarified that there is no legal definition for 'bike taxis' under existing law, leaving their regulation to state governments under the newly-issued Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, 2025, even as data shows a sharp rise in fatalities involving two-wheelers across...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a total penalty of ₹2.80 crore on 18 entities and barred them from the securities market for three to five years. It has also directed Sanjay Arunkumar Choksi and Western Agrotech Innovative Ltd to disgorge unlawful...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 March 2026
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has issued notices to six e-commerce platforms for listing and selling restricted wireless devices such as drone jammers and GPS (global positioning system) jammers without proper disclosures and regulatory approvals, flagging potential...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 March 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday has sought fresh affidavits from the Union government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Moneylife's managing editor Sucheta Dalal seeking a centralised, searchable database of over ₹1.08 lakh crore in unclaimed financial...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 March 2026
DDP- Standard Chartered Bank has settled a case with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by paying ₹57.20 lakh, bringing to a close adjudication proceedings related to multiple alleged compliance lapses under foreign portfolio investor (FPI) regulations and depository...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 March 2026
The Supreme Court has questioned Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over its decision to continue proceedings against former Sterling Biotech Ltd promoters Nitin and Chetan Sandesara, despite an earlier apex court order quashing all criminal cases following a ₹5,100 crore one-time...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 March 2026
The Supreme Court has upheld a securities appellate tribunal (SAT) ruling in favour of Rajesh Mokashi, former managing director and chief executive officer (MD&CEO) of CARE Ratings Ltd, while laying down an important clarification that regulatory decisions must be based strictly on evidence...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 March 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹3.10 lakh on Cashfree Payments India Pvt Ltd for non-compliance with certain provisions under its guidelines governing payment aggregators (PAs) and payment gateways (PGs).   During a statutory inspection, RBI found that Cashfree Payments...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 March 2026
Multiples Private Equity Funds, their key officials and associated entities have settled a case with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), by paying ₹92.62 lakh to resolve allegations of failure to wind up a scheme after its tenure expired.    The proceedings were...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed Cash Cow Broking & Advisory Solutions and its partners Shailendra Sen, Amit Jain and Chirag Sharma to refund ₹44.76 lakh collected from investors through unregistered investment advisory activities, following a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 March 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹2.70 lakh on Manappuram Finance Ltd, a Kerala-based non-banking financial company (NBFC), for non-compliance with directions related to the guidelines on compensation for key managerial personnel (KMP), specifically regarding the deferral of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹10 lakh on Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Ltd (ARSSBL) for multiple compliance failures related to cybersecurity controls, IT governance and operational safeguards. The penalty was imposed under...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 March 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹80,000 on two cooperative banks for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of ₹50,000 has been imposed on Maharashtra-based Walchandnagar Sahakari Bank Ltd.   Pallikonda Cooperative Urban...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 March 2026
The food safety and standards authority of India (FSSAI) has issued an advisory directing all milk producers who are not members of dairy cooperative societies and milk vendors across the country to obtain mandatory registration or licensing before starting or continuing their food business...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 March 2026
India's drug regulator, central drugs standard control organisation (CDSCO), has prohibited all direct and indirect promotional activities for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist drugs, including celebrity-fronted obesity awareness campaigns, warning that surrogate advertising of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 lakh on Amit Kumar Singh, former chief financial officer (CFO) of Blue Coast Hotels Ltd, for violations relating to financial disclosures, related-party transactions and certification of financial...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 March 2026
Following complaints from transport associations of harassment, bribery demands and unlawful vehicle detention by traffic personnel, Maharashtra's additional director general of police (traffic) has issued a state-wide circular directing officers to end coercive e-challan recovery practices,...

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