Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956

Act No. 42 of 1956 In force from 20-02-1957 Ministry of Finance 78 sections

An Act to prevent undesirable transactions in securities by regulating the business of dealing therein, by providing for certain other matters connected therewith.

20 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Ram Kishori Gupta & Anr.
  2025 INSC 4547 April 2025Disposed of

  Whether SEBI can pass multiple final orders on the same cause of action; applicability of principles of res judicata/constructive res judicata; whether the Appellate Tribunal was justified in setting aside the 2018 disgorgement…

• Kavi Arora v. Securities & Exchange Board of India
  2022 INSC 95914 September 2022Dismissed
• Prakash Gupta v. Securities and Exchange Board of India
  2021 INSC 35323 July 2021Disposed of
• Rusoday Securities Ltd. v. National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Ors.
  2020 INSC 65020 November 2020Disposed of
• Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Rakhi Trading Private Ltd.
  2018 INSC 1198 February 2018Disposed of
• Binoy Viswam v. Union of India & Ors.
  2017 INSC 4789 June 2017Disposed of
• Securities and Exchange Board of India v. M/S. Opee Stock-Link Ltd. & Anr.
  2016 INSC 51011 July 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S Madras Petrochem Ltd. & Anr v. Bifr& Ors.
  2016 INSC 10729 January 2016Dismissed
• Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Panasia Advisors Ltd. & Anr.
  2015 INSC 4836 July 2015Appeal(s) allowed
• The Stock Exchange, Bombay v. V. S. Kandalgaonkar & Ors.
  2014 INSC 67825 September 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Bhagwati Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. Peerless General Finance & Investment Company Ltd and Anr.
  2013 INSC 46315 July 2013Dismissed
• Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Limited & Ors. v. Securities and Exchange Board of India & Anr.
  2012 INSC 36731 August 2012Dismissed
• Naresh K. Aggarwala and Co. v. Canbank Financial Services Ltd. and Anr.
  2010 INSC 2725 May 2010Dismissed
• Mahesh Ratilal Shah v. Union of India and Ors.
  2010 INSC 4919 January 2010Dismissed
• Harinarayan G. Bajaj v. Rajesh Meghani and Anr.
  2004 INSC 6946 December 2004Dismissed
• Thestockexchange,Ahmedabad v. Asstt. Commissioner of Income Tax, Ahmedabad
  2001 INSC 1302 March 2001No. 7511/99 dismissed.
• B.O.I. Finance Limited Etc. v. The Custodian and Ors. Etc.
  1997 INSC 29219 March 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• Vikas Sales Corporation and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and Anr. Etc. Etc.
  1996 INSC 5971 May 1996Dismissed
• Om Prakash Poplai, Rajesh Kumar Maheshwari and Ors. Etc. v. Delhi Stock Exchange Association Ltd. and Ors./Union of India and Ors. Etc.
  1994 INSC 1014 January 1994Matters dismissed.
• Raymond Synthetics Ltd. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
  1992 INSC 354 February 1992Appeal(s) allowed