sebi:EAD-2/DSR/VS/905/2018

SEBI · SEBI · 2014-12-18 · D. SURA REDDY, GENERAL MANAGER & ADJUDICATING OFFICER

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on Noticee under Section 15HB of SEBI Act for failure to obtain SCORES authentication; violation of Section 15C charge not sustained

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 15C

Parties

• Dynavox Industries Limited

Holding

The Noticee was held to have violated SEBI Circulars by failing to obtain SCORES authentication, attracting penalty under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, and a monetary penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 was imposed. The charge of violation of Section 15C was not sustained as the statutory precondition of being called upon in writing by the Board to redress grievances was not fulfilled.

Full text

______________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 7 earlier Circulars / directions. The said Circular dated December 18, 2014 further, inter alia, stated that failure by any listed company to obtain SCORES authentication would not only be deemed as non-redressal of investor grievances, but, also indicate wilful avoidance of the same. The aforementioned SEBI Circulars are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “SEBI Circulars".

______________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 7 Noticee. The said SCN was sent at the last known address of the Noticee through Postal Department, which was, however, returned undelivered. Therefore, in terms of Rule 7(c) of Adjudication Rules, the SCN was affixed at the last known address of the Noticee. In the said SCN, the Noticee was asked to reply within a period of 10 days. However, no reply was received from the Noticee.

______________________________________________________________________________________ Page 4 of 7 c. If so, what would be the monetary penalty that can be imposed taking into consideration the factors mentioned in Section 15J of the SEBI Act?

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