Insider trading is defined as a malpractice wherein trade of a company’s securities is undertaken by people who by virtue of their work have access to otherwise non-public information which can be crucial for making investment decisions.
When insiders, e.g. key employees or executives who have access to the strategic information about the company, use the same for trading in the company’s stocks or securities, it is called insider trading and is highly discouraged by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to promote fair trading in the market for the benefit of the common investor.
Insider trading is an unfair practice, wherein the other stockholders are at a great disadvantage due to the lack of important insider non-public information. However, in certain cases if the information has been made public, in a way that all concerned investors have access to it, that will not be a case of illegal insider trading.
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