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19 September 2024

Ease Of Doing Investments For Existing Investors And Unitholders

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JSA Advocates and Solicitors is a top-tier, full-service Indian law firm. Established in 1991, at the start of India’s economic liberalisation, the firm has built a strong reputation for handling complex and high-stakes legal and commercial matters. The firm is organised around specialist practice areas and industry sectors. It works closely with leading Indian corporates, Fortune 500 companies, global financial institutions, and government and statutory bodies on important corporate, financing, and disputes mandates. JSA has a team of over 700 legal professionals, including 180+ partners, and operates from 10 offices across seven cities in India: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi. The firm is consistently recognised as a top-tier practice by leading international legal directories, including Chambers & Partners (Asia-Pacific and Global), Legal 500, and AsiaLaw.
For ease of compliance and investor convenience, SEBI, vide circular dated June 10, 2024.
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For ease of compliance and investor convenience, SEBI, vide circular dated June 10, 2024, has prescribed the following:

  1. non-submission of ‘choice of nomination' for demat accounts and MF folios would not result in freezing of such demat accounts or MF folios. However, new investors/unitholders must continue to provide ‘choice of nomination' for demat accounts/MF folios;
  2. security holders holding securities in physical form would be eligible for receipt of any payment including dividend, interest or redemption payment as well as to lodge grievance or avail any service request from the Registrar and Transfer Agents (“RTA”) even if 'choice of nomination' is not submitted by these security holders; and
  3. payments including dividend, interest or redemption payment withheld presently by the listed companies/RTAs, only for want of ‘choice of nomination' must be processed.

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