Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 · Chapter VII: Miscellaneous
Section 26: Cognizance of offences by courts
(1) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder, save on a complaint made by the Board 1 ***. 2 *****
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 26
- Prakash Gupta v. Securities and Exchange Board of India
- Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.
- Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Gaurav Varshney & Anr.
- Gautam Kundu v. Manoj Kumar Assistant Director, Eastern Region, Directorate of Enforcement(Prevention of Money Laundering Act) Govt. of India