sebi:BM/AO-132/2013

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-01-25 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Noticee acquitted; no monetary penalty imposed; case disposed of

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Naresh Chandra Sharma

Holding

The Noticee, Naresh Chandra Sharma, an independent director of Eskay K'n'it (India) Ltd., was not held guilty of violating Section 12A(a), (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act and Regulation 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(f) of the PFUTP Regulations, and no monetary penalty was imposed.

Full text

Page 2 of 5 stake in BOR. On the contrary they had actually increased their holding in a deceptive manner with the active collusion of their front entities and allegedly made wrong disclosures to the exchange.

Page 3 of 5 behalf of the Noticee, reiterating the earlier written submissions. Thereafter, the Noticee was advised to submit the evidence in support of his submission that he was an independent director in Eskay. In this regard, Eskay submitted the Annual Report of the company for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. I note that under the corporate governance report, the Noticee is named as an independent director. Further, a confirmation was sought from Eskay with regard to the role of the Noticee in the company. In reply to the same, Eskay has submitted that during the investigation period the Noticee was an independent director in the company.

Page 4 of 5 (a) buy, sell or otherwise deal in securities in a fraudulent manner; (b) use or employ, in connection with issue, purchase or sale of any security listed or proposed to be listed in a recognized stock exchange, any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance in contravention of the provisions of the Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder;

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