New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- While companies often seek to list their shares on stock exchanges, there can be instances when they choose to go the other way and withdraw their shares from the exchanges. This process is known as delisting.

Such an event limit a shareholder's ability to buy or sell the specified company's shares through the usual route, leaving them wondering what happens to the shares they hold and whether they can recover their investment.

The process of delisting securities for any company is governed by the markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

A listed company's shares can be delisted from stock exchanges for several reasons. These include a company having insufficient market capitalisation, vio...