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Stock Regulatory Infrastructure Of The Indian Securities Market Essay

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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to take stock regulatory infrastructure of the Indian securities market and see whether there exist well formulated laws with well-defined scope and powers of the regulator, capable of presenting all investors in the Indian market with a level of playing field. We summarise some of the regulatory provisions that have evolved for tackling market misconduct and try to see what comes in the way of regulatory action aimed at investor protection in India, as compared with US which is perceived as the world’s most safe and liquid capital market. We also discuss the roles the stock exchanges and electronic databases in aiding the regulator in prevention, detection and conviction of securities frauds. One tends to conclude that the scope of Indian securities laws which gave gradually evolved over time is now quite pervasive and the problem lies mostly in the enforcing compliance particularly for crimes such as price manipulation and illegal insider trading. Our discussion suggests that there remains need to ensure that laws/regulations are rationalised to completely empower SEBI to carry out its functions as the principle regulator, while SEBI in turn needs to drastically upgrade its surveillance process enabling to produce evidence that is credible enough to secure conviction.

INTRODUCTION
Capital markets are financial markets for the buying and selling of long-term debt or equity backed securities. When they work well these

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