AdvtAdvtBy ,PTIJoin the community of 2M+ industry professionals. Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Download the ETLegalWorld App and get the Realtime updates and Save your favourite articles. New Delhi, Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday proposed reintroducing buyback of shares from the open market through stock exchanges as an additional method for companies to repurchase shares, following changes in the taxation framework.This mechanism was discontinued effective April 1, 2025, due to concerns regarding the equitable treatment of shareholders and implications arising from the then-prevailing taxation framework. "The reintroduction of this method of buy-back would provide companies with an additional mechanism for undertaking buy-back, while ensuring equitable opportunity and treatment of taxation for public shareholders," Sebi said in its consultation paper.Under the existing framework, companies can undertake buybacks either through a tender offer route or via the open market using the book-building process.

Source: Economic Times April 03, 2026 03:18 UTC