Section 178(5) & 178(6)Companies Act, 2013 mandate that every company having more than 1,000 shareholders, debenture holders, deposit holders and any other security holders shall constitute a Stakeholders Relationship Committee to consider and resolve the grievances of the security holders of the company. As per the investors’ grievances data maintained by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, action has been initiated against 89 companies in 2015-16 and 145 companies in 2016-17. During the period from 01/04/2017 to 29/12/2017 action has been initiated against 83 companies.

The details of  action initiated by Securities and  Exchange Board of India (SEBI)  on non-redressal of investors grievances during the last two years and current year (till date) are  tabulated hereunder:-

Financial Year	Number of Companies
	Adjudication Proceedings under Section 15-I of SEBI Act,1992	Under Section 11B of SEBI Act, 1992
2015-16	59	5
2016-17	21	211
2017–18 (till date)	1	0

SEBI has however stated that trading of scrips is not immediately suspended on receipt of an investor complaint for non-payment of dues to investors by listed companies.                                                                                                     

This was stated by Shri P.P. Chaudhary, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

Stakeholders Relationship Committee requirement: companies face enforcement for failing to redress investor grievances, trading not automatically suspended. Companies exceeding the statutory security-holder threshold must constitute a Stakeholders Relationship Committee to resolve investor grievances; regulatory enforcement actions, including initiation of adjudication proceedings and other measures, have been taken against multiple companies for failure to redress complaints. Receipt of an investor complaint does not automatically trigger immediate suspension of trading in the company's scrips.