Supreme Court Dismisses NSEL Plea For Joint Trial In Two CBI Cases Over 2013 Payment Crisis

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed National Spot Exchange Ltd.'s (NSEL) challenge to the Bombay High Court's March 27, 2026 judgment. The Bombay High Court had refused to direct a joint trial in two CBI cases arising from the alleged 2013 NSEL payment crisis.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana held that, "No case to interfere with the impugned order passed by the High Court is made out. The Special Leave Petition is,...

Defences Against Insider Trading Given Under 2015 SEBI Regulations Not Exhaustive, But Must Be Similar: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the defences available against an insider trading allegation under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 are not exhaustive. Any additional defence, however, must be of the same or similar nature as those specifically listed in the regulations.The court was considering the six specific defences set out under Regulation 4(1) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, which provides...

Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Ruling Declaring NSE A Public Authority Under RTI Act

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Delhi High Court's July 1 judgment declaring the National Stock Exchange (NSE) a "public authority" under the Right to Information Act. It thus revived the interim stay on the Central Information Commission's June 7, 2007 order declaring the NSE a public authority, directing that it shall continue until further orders. A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued a notice on NSE's appeal. It extended the interim protection that had operated...

Supreme Court Reserves Verdict In Appeals Against Order On Client Securities Sold To Recover Anugrah Stock Broking's Dues

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in a batch of appeals filed by Edelweiss Custodial Services Ltd., Yes Bank Ltd. and SMC Global Securities Ltd.The appeals arise out of disciplinary proceedings initiated after the collapse of Anugrah Stock & Broking. NSE Clearing alleged that clearing members had sold client securities to recover the broker's proprietary trading dues, contrary to SEBI circulars and exchange regulations.The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) order, in...

NSE Moves Supreme Court Against Delhi High Court Ruling Declaring It Public Authority Under RTI Act

The National Stock Exchange has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment upholding a 2010 ruling which declared NSE as a 'public authority' under the Right to Information Act. The High Court on July 1, 2026 had held that the exchange must be regarded as having been established or at least constituted, by an order of the Central Government since a stock exchange cannot function without governmental recognition and SEBI grants such recognition as the Central...

Market Integrity Prevails Over Investor Gains; Profits Can't Excuse Regulatory Breach: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday held that market integrity and regulatory compliance cannot be compromised merely because investors ultimately earned profits. It ruled that a regulatory breach cannot be excused simply because investors suffered no loss. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed appeals filed by Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company (Kotak AMC), Kotak Mahindra Trustee Company Ltd. and their senior executives. The appeals challenged SEBI's action over...

Supreme Court Seeks Reply On SEBI's Appeal Against SAT Ruling In Bombay Dyeing-SCAL Services Case

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the Securities Appellate Tribunal's 2:1 verdict setting aside SEBI's orders against Bombay Dyeing and SCAL Services shall not operate as a precedent in similar matters before the Tribunal, while hearing an appeal filed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).The majority judgment had, among other things, held that the Companies Act would prevail over the Accounting Standards in determining whether SCAL was an associate company, and...

'Mandate First, Gains Later; SEBI Compliance, Never Falter': Supreme Court To AMCs And Mutual Fund Houses

The court coined the phrase while dismissing challenges to SEBI's findings against Kotak AMC, its trustee company and senior executives over investments by six fixed maturity plans in Essel Group-linked debt securities

NSEL Moves Supreme Court Against HC Order Refusing Joint Trial In CBI Cases Over Alleged Payment Crisis

National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court's March 27, 2026 judgment refusing to direct a joint trial in two CBI cases arising out of the alleged NSEL payment crisis.NSEL argues that the cases stem from the same alleged fraudulent paired contracts. It says they involve the common accused, witnesses, and documents. The special leave petition, filed on June 19, 2026, is yet to be listed. The dispute concerns two CBI Special Cases pending...

Supreme Court Issues Notice In SEBI Appeal Against SAT Relief To Sahara Officials In ₹14,106 Crore OFCD Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in an appeal filed by SEBI challenging a Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) order granting relief to certain officials of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd. (SICCL) including its managers and company secretary, from liability arising out of the company's ₹14,106 crore OFCD fund-raising scheme.A vacation bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana while issuing notice tagged the case with a similar pending matter, which will be heard...

SEBI Moves SC Against SAT Relief To Sahara Managers In ₹14,106 Crore OFCD Case

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) order that granted relief to four managers and the company secretary of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL). The tribunal had set aside, insofar as they were concerned, a 2018 SEBI order in the Rs 14,106 crore Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) case involving nearly 1.98 crore investors. The challenge comes after the SAT on March 9, 2026,...

Supreme Court Declines To Interfere With SAT Order Clearing Biocon VP Of Insider Trading Charge

The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with a Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) ruling that exonerated Biocon Vice President Shreehas P. Tambe of insider trading allegations. The allegations arose from trades executed ahead of Biocon's proposed collaboration with Sandoz.Tambe, who was Biocon's Vice President at the time of the trades, is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of BioconBy an order dated July 26, 2022, SAT partly allowed Tambe's appeal. It quashed the...