Certain rights that a shareholder in a company enjoys :

To transfer the shares.
To receive the share certificates upon transfer within the stipulated period prescribed in the Listing Agreement.
To receive notice of general meetings, annual report, the balance sheet and profit and loss account and the auditors' report.
To appoint proxy to attend and vote at the general meetings. In case the member is a body corporate, to appoint a representative to attend and vote at the general meetings of the company on its behalf.
To attend and speak in person, at general meetings. Proxy cannot vote on show of hands but can vote on a poll.
To vote at the general meeting on show of hands wherein every shareholder has one vote. In case of vote on poll, the number of votes of a shareholder is proportionate to the number of equity shares held by him.
As per Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the voting rights on a poll of a shareholder of a banking company are capped at 10% of the total voting rights of all the shareholders of the banking company.
To demand poll alongwith other shareholder(s) who collectively hold 5,000 shares or are not less than 1/10th of the total voting power in respect of any resolution.
To requisition an extraordinary general meeting of any company by shareholders who collectively hold not less then 1/10th of the total paid-up capital of the company.
To move amendments to resolutions proposed at meetings .
To receive dividend and other corporate benefits like rights, bonus shares etc. as and when declared / announced.
To inspect various registers of the company .
To inspect the minute books of general meetings and to receive copies thereof after complying with the procedure prescribed in the Companies Act, 1956.
To appoint or remove director(s) and auditor(s) and thus participate in the management through them.
To proceed against the company by way of civil or criminal proceedings.
To apply for the winding-up of the company.
To receive the residual proceeds upon winding up of a company.

The rights mentioned above are prescribed in the Companies Act, 1956 and Banking Regulation Act, 1949, whereever applicable, and should be followed only after careful reading of the relevant sections. These rights are not necessarily absolute.