Companies Act, 1956
Sec 108C -
Restriction on the transfer of shares of foreign companies.
No body corporate or bodies corporate under the same management,
which holds, or hold in the aggregate, ten per cent or more of the nominal
value of the equity share capital of a foreign company, having an established
place of business in India, shall transfer any share in such foreign company to
any citizen of India or any body corporate incorporated in India except with
the previous approval of the Central Government and such previous approval
shall not be refused unless the Central Government is of opinion that such
transfer would be prejudicial to the public interest.