sebi:CO/96/IES/08/2003
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Facts / Headnote
Shri S N Gandhi directed not to buy, sell or deal in securities, directly or indirectly, for a period of two years with immediate effect
Provisions invoked
- s. 4(3)
- s. 11
Parties
- Shri S N Gandhi
Holding
Shri S N Gandhi was found to have wrongfully cornered IFSL shares and indirectly participated in defrauding investors by making the public issue appear fully subscribed, and was debarred from buying, selling or dealing in securities for two years with immediate effect.
Full text
having been ever involved in the affairs of the IFSL before that. It was also said that he was not in good terms with his brother and prior to the death of his brother, he had never met Mr. Kanti Patel. Therefore, he said that the allegation of Mr.Kanti Patel that he had made Shri Patel to sign the blank stamp paper was incorrect.
Gandhi had sent a letter to SEBI asking for adjournment of the hearing by 30 days i.e., in the first week of April. Thereafter, a further communication dated March 19, 2003 was sent fixing the date of hearing for April 09, 2003. Another letter was sent by Shri Gandhi seeking for further extension by 40 days. As adjournment has already been granted once, no further extension can be granted and I proceed to pass this order after considering his reply to the show cause notice.
cheque though purported to have been enclosed with application dated 20/05/1995 has infact been issued only after the closure of the issue. The set of cheque book bearing serial nos. starting from 699851, containing cheque no. 699862 had been issued to the Account holder of Bank of Baroda only on 14/06/1995 whereas the public issue of IFSL closed on 20/05/1995. Hence, it would not have been possible to enclose cheque no. 699862 dated 20/05/1995 with application form dated 20/05/1995. Hence, it was evident that DIPL had subscribed to nearly 25% of the public issue after the closure of public issue with a view to bail out the issue of IFSL, when it failed to elicit minimum subscription of 90%.
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