sebi:AO/SBM-ASR/EAD-3/6/2015

SEBI · SEBI · 2013-07-30 · Suresh B. Menon, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Alleged violation not established; no penalty imposed; matter disposed of

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15C

Parties

• Heatshrink Technologies Limited

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer held that the Noticee, Heatshrink Technologies Limited, did not violate Section 15C of the SEBI Act for failure to redress two pending investor complaints, and no penalty was imposed.

Full text

Page 2 of 9 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, REPLY AND PERSONAL HEARING: 3. A Show Cause Notice dated July 30, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SCN’) was issued to the Noticee in terms of the provisions of Rule 4 (1) of the Adjudication Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against the Noticee and penalty be not imposed under the provisions of Section 15 C of the SEBI Act for the failure on the part of the Noticee to redress the two pending investor complaints, as alleged in the SCN. The SCN was delivered on the Noticee on August 6, 2013. The gist of the allegations leveled against the Noticee in the SCN are mentioned as under : (a) Vide letter dated January 22, 2013 issued to the Noticee, SEBI had observed that seven investor complaints were pending against the Noticee in SCORES. It was also mentioned in the said letter that SEBI may initiate action against the Noticee under the provisions of Sections 15C and 24 of the SEBI Act, in case they fail to redress the pending complaints. (b) SEBI vide letter dated February 15, 2013 once again advised the Noticee to redress the seven investor complaints pending against it in the SCORES and submit the Action Taken Report through SCORES, at the earliest, failing which it was mentioned that SEBI would initiate appropriate Regulatory Actions against the Noticee, which includes debarring them from securities market and /or imposing penalty. It was also mentioned in the SCN that the Noticee had failed to resolve the pending inves

Page 3 of 9 Penalty for failure to redress investors’ grievances 15C. If any listed company or any person who is registered as an intermediary, after having been called upon by the Board in writing, to redress the grievances of investors, fails to redress such grievances within the time specified by the Board, such company or intermediary shall be liable to a penalty of one lakh rupees for each day during which such failure continues or one crore rupees, whichever is less.

Page 4 of 9 5. In the interest of natural justice and in order to conduct an inquiry in terms of Rule 4 (3) of the Adjudication Rules, the Noticee was granted an opportunity of personal hearing on April 23, 2014 vide letter dated April 11, 2014. The said letter dated April 11, 2014 was also served on the Noticee, which is evident from the postal records. However, no reply was received from the Noticee in response to the aforesaid hearing notice. Pursuant to the appointment of the undersigned as the Adjudicating Officer, another opportunity of hearing was granted to the Noticee on July 23, 2015 vide letter dated July 10, 2015. The above said letter dated July 10, 2015 was served on the Noticee on July 16, 2015, as per the postal records and confirmation. Since there was no response from the Noticee, a final opportunity of hearing was granted to the Noticee on August 07, 2015 vide letter dated July 27, 2015.

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