https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=102731 Statutory associate-company criteria governed whether the group company required consolidation and related-party disclosures. The Tribunal majority found no prescribed voting threshold, agreement, control, or participation in business decisions; accounting standards could supplement but not override the statutory definition. Consolidation and related-party disclosure contraventions therefore failed. The majority also found the real-estate bulk-sale memoranda and underlying projects genuine, with no proof that common personnel, funding arrangements, accounting differences, or weak finances established a sham scheme, market impact, unlawful gain, or PFUTP violation. Securities-enforcement proceedings were further initiated after inordinate, unexplained delay following completed transactions. The appeals succeeded, penalties were set aside and refundable; the Presiding Officer dissented. en-us Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:54:58 +0530 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:54:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=102731 Statutory associate-company criteria governed whether the group company required consolidation and related-party disclosures. The Tribunal majority found no prescribed voting threshold, agreement, control, or participation in business decisions; accounting standards could supplement but not override the statutory definition. Consolidation and related-party disclosure contraventions therefore failed. The majority also found the real-estate bulk-sale memoranda and underlying projects genuine, with no proof that common personnel, funding arrangements, accounting differences, or weak finances established a sham scheme, market impact, unlawful gain, or PFUTP violation. Securities-enforcement proceedings were further initiated after inordinate, unexplained delay following completed transactions. The appeals succeeded, penalties were set aside and refundable; the Presiding Officer dissented. Highlights SEBI Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:54:58 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=102731