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Grievance Redressal

SEBI's updated investor grievance redressal framework — what listed companies need to know

SEBI has strengthened the SCORES (SEBI Complaints Redress System) framework and tightened the timelines within which listed companies and their RTAs must respond to investor grievances. Here is what has changed and what it means for your compliance calendar.

The practical implication for CS teams is clear: your RTA's response capability is now directly reflected in your SCORES compliance record. A slow RTA is a regulatory liability, not just an operational inconvenience.

April 2026 Full article coming soon
Rights Issues

Rights issue timelines under SEBI ICDR Regulations — a Company Secretary's checklist

SEBI's ICDR Regulations prescribe specific timelines at every stage of a rights issue — from record date to offer open, offer close to allotment, and allotment to refund. Missing any of these creates investor grievances and SEBI scrutiny.

This checklist maps the key milestones, the registrar's obligations at each stage, and the dependencies that CS teams need to track to keep a rights issue on schedule from start to finish.

March 2026 Full article coming soon
ESOP Compliance

ESOP compliance for unlisted companies planning to list

If your company has issued employee stock options and you are planning a listing event, your ESOP records will come under scrutiny before listing day. SEBI's SBEB Regulations apply from the point of listing — but the records that feed those obligations need to be accurate before that.

This article covers what an unlisted company needs to do with its ESOP grant register, vesting records, and exercise history before initiating a listing process — and what happens when those records are not in order.

February 2026 Full article coming soon

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