Tag: Insider Trading
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Andhra High Court Rejects Insider Trading Claims on Land
Rooted in preserving market integrity, the concept of insider trading emerged and has been ingrained in the context of the securities markets. Despite the well-understood nature of the subject-matter of insider trading, a question recently arose on whether the offence can be extended to the purchase and sale of land. In Chekka Guru Murali Mohan
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Orders in the WhatsApp Leak Case: Technological Constraints and UPSI
[Pranav Mihir Kandada is a rising 3rd year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] Ever since the first case of insider trading through online messaging about two decades ago, insider trading in the digital era has gained new contours over the years. In India, the advent of instant messaging services with end-to-end encryption has
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Research Reports: Converting UPSI into Public Information
[Ashlesha Mittal is an associate at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and a graduate of National Law University, Jodhpur] Five orders were released by the Assessing Officer of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on April 22, 2020, April 13, 2020 and March 26, 2020 against Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited, Aditya Birla Sun Life
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India’s Insider Trading Regime: How Connected Are You?
[Prateek Bhattacharya is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean (Scholarships), Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University.] ‘Insider trading’ refers to the illegal buying or selling of a security in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust. Such sale of a share or security is carried out on the basis of
