What is the procedure for obtaining a duplicate dividend warrant?
If the validity period of the lost dividend warrant has not yet expired, you will have to wait till the expiry date since no duplicate can be issued during the validity of the original warrant. However after the expiry of the validity period, if the dividend warrant is still shown as unpaid in our Bank Statement, we shall issue a duplicate warrant to you expeditiously. Why do the shareholders have to wait till the expiry of the validity period of the original warrant? Why can’t you issue stop payment instructions to the bank on the original warrant and issue a duplicate immediately? Since the dividend warrants are payable at par at more than 150 centres all over the country, it is not practically possible for the banks to issue stop payment instructions and it is therefore necessary for us to wait till the validity of the original warrant has expired. Can I claim the old dividends relating to past years that have not been received by me? As per the present law, the company vetains all
