RGNUL Financial & Mercantile Law Review

This piece is authored by Hiya Ghanghoria and Raghav Kumar, second-year and third-year B.A. LL.B (Hons.) students, respectively, at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. INTRODUCTION The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (“SEBI”) August 2026 consultation paper proposes letting Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) and publicly listed Infrastructure Investment Trusts (“InvITs”) issue Depository Receipts (“DRs”) against their units, opening a foreign-currency

This piece is authored by Amogh Singh, second-year B.A. LL.B (Hons.) student at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. THE REGULATORY CHANGE Since 1 August 2026, a listed Indian company may once again purchase its own shares in the open market through a stock exchange. The SEBI (Buy-Back of Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 revived a route that had been withdrawn with effect from 1 April 2025; and the commentary that followed, remained con

This post is authored by Srijan Pandey and Sharad Dhruw, second-year B.A. LL.B (Hons.) students at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. INTRODUCTION By the beginning of 2026, the collective value of mutual fund assets has gone beyond ₹ 81.01 lakh crore, which has made mutual funds among the top ways to save money for households. With the mutual fund industry in India witnessing sustained growth and establishment of retail investment, the Securities and Exchange Board

This post is authored by Harsh Jain, third-year B.A. LL.B (Hons.) student at NLIU, Bhopal. INTRODUCTION On 8 December, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launched the Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (PaRRVA), developed in collaboration with CareEdge Ratings and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). PaRRVA is an independent, regulator-mandated performance verification mechanism for investment intermediaries. This initiative directly addres

This post is authored by Utkarsh Gupta and Sumangala Bhargava, 4th-year students at Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law...

This post is authored by Arushi Yadav, 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University. INTRODUCTION India’s...

This post is authored by Divyansh Yadav, 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University. INTRODUCTION On 12...

This post is authored by Aditya Kumar, 3rd year B.B.A. LL.B. (Honours) student and Samridhi Singh, 2nd year B.A. LL.B. (Honours) student at CNLU, Patna. I. Introduction The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) in its consultation paper released on 22nd January, 2025, introduced the Sachetisation of Mutual Fund investments with the objective of embracing financial inclusion. Its primary objective was to promote financial inclusion and systemic saving via mutual fu

This post is authored by Anany Tiwari, B.A. LL.B. (Honours) student at HNLU, Raipur. 1. INTRODUCTION The Securities and Exchange Board of...

This post is authored by Madhvendra Jha and Devanshu Khurana, B.A. LL.B. (Honours) students at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law...

This post is authored by Yash Sharan and Akanksha Sharan, 2nd year BA LLB (Hons.) students at HNLU, Raipur. 1. INTRODUCTION On 31...

This post is authored by Dewansh Raghuwanshi and Samyak Jain, 4th year BA LLB (Hons.) students at NLIU, Bhopal. 1. INTRODUCTION The...

The post is authored by Jatin Yadav and Kartik Mehta, fourth-year student of B.A. LL.B (Hons.) at the Hidayatullah National Law...

The post is authored by Tanisha Taneja, a third-year student of B.A. LL.B (Hons.) at the Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai....