ARBITRATION MECHANISM IN STOCK EXCHANGES
Dated- 05/07/2013
1. Reference may be made to circulars no. CIR/MRD/DSA/24/2010 dated
August 31,2010, CIR/MRD/SA/03/2012 dated January 20, 2012 and CIR/MIRSD/2/2012
dated February 15, 2012 regarding investor service centres providing inter alia
arbitration facility (arbitration as well as appellate arbitration). Presently,
these facilities are being provided at 8 centres viz. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kanpur and Indore.
2. With a view to extend these facilities, it has been decided to
increase the number of investor service centres providing inter alia
arbitration facility (arbitration as well as appellate arbitration). Increasing
the number of centres shall reduce the travelling and other incidental costs to
investors in case they choose to avail these facilities. The following is
decided:
a. Stock Exchanges with nation-wide terminals shall set up investor
service centres at Bangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Gaziabad, Lucknow, Gurgaon, Patna
and Vadodara. These centres shall provide investor grievances redressal
mechanism and arbitration facility (arbitration as well as appellate
arbitration).
b. The investor service centres at Bangalore, Pune, Jaipur and
Gaziabad shall be established before December 31, 2013.
c. The investor service centres at Lucknow, Gurgaon, Patna and
Vadodara shall be made functional by June 30, 2014.
3. The stock exchanges are advised to:-
a. make necessary amendments to the relevant bye-laws, rules and
regulations for the implementation of the above decision immediately;
b. bring the provisions of this circular to the notice of the members
of the stock exchange and also to disseminate the same through their website;
and
c. communicate to SEBI, the status of implementation of the
provisions of this circular in the Monthly Development Reports to SEBI.
4. SEBI inspection of stock exchange shall cover implementation of
this circular.
5. This Circular is issued to protect
the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and
to regulate the securities market and shall come into effect immediately.
Regards
CA. Mona Singhal
Partner
Arpit Gupta & Associates
Chartered Accountants
701, Nirmal Tower,
26, Barakhamba Road,
Connaught Place, Delhi-110001
Mobile:- +91-9873082769
Website: www.caaga.co.in
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