sebi:EAD-5/SVKM/AO/38/2017-18

SEBI · SEBI · 2017-03-31 · S. V. Krishnamohan, Chief General Manager & Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation not established; matter disposed of without imposition of any penalty

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 370
• s. 15I

Regulations

• Reg. 7(1)
• Reg. 7(2)
• Reg. 35
• Reg. 2(e)(2)(i)

Parties

• Enakshi Impex Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

The alleged violation of Regulation 7(1) read with Regulation 7(2) of SAST Regulations, 1997 by the Noticee was held not established and the remanded matter was disposed of without imposition of any penalty.

Full text

Adjudication Order against Enakshi Impex Pvt. Ltd. in the matter of Mahan Industries Ltd. Page 2 of 8 in Appeal no. 177 of 2016 the Hon’ble SAT has set aside the penalty and remanded the matter back to the Adjudicating Officer to examine afresh the question of ‘Person Acting in Concert’ for holding the appellant (noticee herein) liable for violation of Regulation 7(1) of SAST Regulations, 1997 read with Regulation 35 of SAST Regulations, 2011 with the following observations : “In this view of the matter, penalty of ` 2,50,000/- imposed on appellant is set aside and restored to the file of learned AO for hearing this aspect afresh and deciding it as per law after giving an opportunity of hearing to the appellant in respect of the allegation under the SAST Regulations, 1997 read with those of 2011.” Pursuant to the above direction of the Hon’ble SAT, the undersigned has been appointed as the Adjudicating Officer vide communication of proceedings dated March 31, 2017.

Adjudication Order against Enakshi Impex Pvt. Ltd. in the matter of Mahan Industries Ltd. Page 3 of 8 4. In the aforesaid process, Noticee was allotted 1,41,65,000 equity shares of MIL on February 20, 2010 constituting 4.43% of the paid up capital of MIL. Investigation further revealed that two other entities, namely Gazala Constructions Pvt. Ltd and Narois Impex Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Gazala and Narois" respectively) were allotted 1,72,50,000 constituting 5.39% of the capital and 1,66,75,000 constituting 5.21% of the paid up capital of MIL respectively. They were alleged as persons acting in concert (“PAC”) with the noticee in the acquisition of shares of MIL on February 20, 2010.

Adjudication Order against Enakshi Impex Pvt. Ltd. in the matter of Mahan Industries Ltd. Page 4 of 8 terms of sub-section (1B) of Section 370 of the Companies Act, 1956 and, therefore, noticee was a PAC with Narois under Regulation 2(e)(2)(i) of SAST Regulations, 1997. Shareholding of noticee (4.43%) was taken alongwith that of Narois (5.21%) as PAC. Since taken together their combined shareholding was more than 5% of the paid-up capital of MIL, it was held that noticee had violated Regulation 7(1) read with regulation 7(2) of SAST Regulations, 1997 for non-disclosure of its shareholding to the Company and BSE. Accordingly, a penalty of ` 2.5 lakhs was imposed on the noticee.

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