sebi:EAD/KS/MKG/AO/216/2018-19

SEBI · SEBI · 2007-11-07 · K Saravanan, General Manager & Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs. 2,00,000 imposed on the Noticees, payable jointly or severally, under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F

Regulations

• Reg. 7(1)
• Reg. 10
• Reg. 199
• Reg. 22(16)
• Reg. 19

Parties

• Shri Vivek Bajoria
• Vivek Bajoria and others (HUF)
• Ms. Smita Bajoria
• Shri Raghav Bajoria
• Ms. Shivangi Bajoria

Holding

The Noticees violated Regulation 22(16) of the SAST Regulations, 1997 by entering into and acting upon the SPA dated November 07, 2007 without the mandatory non-compliance clause, and a monetary penalty of Rs. 2,00,000 was imposed on them jointly or severally under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Page 2 of 14 referred to as Noticee Nos. 1 to 5 respectively or by their name or collectively referred to as Noticees) who are erstwhile promoters of the Company, entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (hereinafter referred to as ‘SPA’) dated November 07, 2007 with (i) Shri Ghanshyam Das Kankani (ii) Shri Avinash Kankani (iii) Shri Abhay Baheti (iv) Ms. Madhu Lata Kankani (v) Shri Umesh Kankani (vi) Late Ms. Lakshmi Baheti (herein after referred to as ‘Ghanshyam Das Kankani and associates/ The acquirers’) to sell their shareholding, which is 26.42% of paid-up share capital of the company.

Page 3 of 14 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, REPLY AND PERSONAL HEARING 5. A common Show Cause Notice (hereinafter referred to as ‘SCN’) dated July 17, 2018 was issued to the Noticees under the provisions of Rule 4(1) of the Adjudication Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be initiated against the Noticees and penalty, if any, be not imposed on them in terms of provisions of Section 15HB of the SEBI Act for the alleged violations of Regulation 22(16) of the SAST Regulations.

Page 4 of 14 v. That during the course of several meetings being held by and between my client, Mr. Vivek bajoria and Mr. Ghanshyamdas Kankani, several representations were made by Mr. Ghanshyamdas Kankani. That relying on the said representation made by Mr. Ghanshyamdas Kankani and believing the same to be true and sacrosanct my clients were induced to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding dated 19.02.2007 which was prepared under the instructions of Mr. Ghanshyamdas Kankani. The said MOU was executed at the Office of M/s. Fox & Mandal at 12, Old Post Office Street, Kolkata - 700001 and upon such execution a paltry- amount was paid. vi. That upon execution of the said MOU, in the guise of a limited company, the said company actually became a partnership in equal shares between my clients and Mr. Ghanshyamdas Kankani and his group. As a result my clients and Mr. Ghanshyamdas Kankani and/or the members of Mr. Ghanshyamdas Kankani group were at all material times were under a fiduciary obligation to each other and all legal rights and/or exercise thereof by them in relation to the management and affairs of the said company were subject to equitable consideration and Mr. Kankani and my client Mr. Vivek Bajoria and their respective groups were under duty and obligation of each other to acting utmost goodfaith . vii. That Mr. Kankani and his group was at all material time and in a position to dominate the will of my clients and held real and apparent authority over my clients i

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