{"id":2515,"date":"2025-10-07T13:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnm.in\/blog\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:24:28","slug":"key-regulatory-legal-updates-in-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rnm.in\/blog\/key-regulatory-legal-updates-in-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Regulatory &#038; Legal Updates in September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fast-Track Merger (FTM) \/ Merger-Demerger Overhaul<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 4 September 2025, MCA exploded into the horizon with a notification fundamentally altering the framework on the Fast-Track Merger route allowing:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlisted, non-Section 8 companies with borrowings of up to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 crore, and with no previous default, may now qualify for this process.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mergers occurring between subsidiaries (even if not 100% owned) and a holding company will qualify, subject to conditions being met (i.e., not a public company, no creditor objection, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Read More:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mca.gov.in\/content\/mca\/global\/en\/home.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.mca.gov.in\/content\/mca\/global\/en\/home.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Securities and Exchange Board of India\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>LODR (Listing Obligations &amp; Disclosure Requirements) \u2013 Third Amendment Regulations, 2025\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 8 September 2025, the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (Third Amendment) Regulations 2025 were published by SEBI provides that:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mandating dematerialisation of securities for certain categories, reducing exceptions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tightening \/ expanding disclosures for Not-for-Profit (NPO) entities listed on the Social Stock Exchange (impact \/ non-financial, social impact reporting) to be furnished within 60 days of financial year end.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some simplifications in exceptions \/ provisos (removal of carve-outs) in Schedule VII of LODR.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Read More:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sebi.gov.in\/\"><b>https:\/\/www.sebi.gov.in\/<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Materiality thresholds for RP (Related Party) Transactions based on rates of turnover for remuneration amounts, etc\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revised RPT (Related Party Transactions) Standards (as of 1 September 2025) The revised RPT (related party transactions) standards replaces the recommencement of circulars and rationalised the regime ( e.g., scale based thresholds based on your amounts tied to outcome thresholds). 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