The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on January 09, 2026, issued a notification regarding the ease of compliance initiative-review of the framework to address the ‘technical glitches’ in Stock Brokers’ Electronic Trading Systems’.
The following has been stated: -
•SEBI has revised the technical glitch framework to ease compliance and improve ease of doing business for stock brokers.
•The framework now applies only to brokers with more than 10,000 registered clients, excluding about 60% of smaller brokers.
•Certain glitches outside brokers’ control or with negligible impact are exempted, along with simplified and extended reporting requirements.
•Technology norms and disincentive structures have been rationalised based on broker size, technology dependence, and the nature of glitches.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No.: PR No.04/2026]
