Section 19A(4) in Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957
(4)[ Where the public shareholding in a listed company falls below twenty-five per cent. in consequence to the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2015, such company shall increase its public shareholding to at least twenty-five per cent. in the manner specified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India within a period of three years, as the case may be, from the date of notification of:(a)the Depository Receipts Scheme, 2014 in cases where the public shareholding falls below twenty five per cent. as a result of such scheme;(b)the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 in cases where the public shareholding falls below twenty-five per cent., as a result of such regulations.]