Why business families want SEBI to accept their daughters-in-law as relatives
- Sugata Ghosh
- THE ECONOMIC TIMESUpdated: Jan 09, 2026, 11:56 IST IST
Mumbai: Corporate groups are urging the Indian capital market regulator to widen the scope of its takeover code to recognise daughters-in-law as ‘relatives’, easing succession planning within promoter families.
Unlike the income tax law, the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) regulations do not include sons- and daughters-in-law within the definition of ‘relatives’.
Unlike the income tax law, the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) regulations do not include sons- and daughters-in-law within the definition of ‘relatives’.
