sebi:ORDER/BM/DS/2022-23/16088-16092
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on Noticees 1, 2, 3 and 5; Noticee 4 (Sakshi Saxena) not held liable
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 19
- s. 11(3)
- s. 12A
- s. 81
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 28A
- s. 21
- s. 4A
- s. 45
- s. 67(3)
- s. 67
- s. 58
- s. 56
- s. 149(12)
- s. 73(1)
- s. 27(2)
- s. 56(1)
- s. 60
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 25
- Reg. 47
- Reg. 3(a)
- Reg. 37
- Reg. 26
- Reg. 46
- Reg. 57(1)
- Reg. 57
- Reg. 5
- Reg. 59
- Reg. 4(2)(d)
- Reg. 25(5)
- Reg. 36
- Reg. 32
- Reg. 34
- Reg. 51A
Parties
- HPC Biosciences Limited (Noticee 1)
- Tarun Chauhan (Noticee 2)
- Madhu Anand (Noticee 3)
- Sakshi Saxena (Noticee 4)
- Arun Kumar Gupta (Noticee 5)
Holding
Noticees 1, 2, 3 and 5 were found to have violated section 56(1), 56(3), 60 read with section 67 of the Companies Act, 1956 and regulations 4(2)(d) & (e), 5, 6, 7, 25, 26, 36, 37, 46, 47, 57 and 59 of SEBI ICDR Regulations, 2009 by allotting equity shares to 191 persons in four tranches (each under 50) during December 28, 2012 to January 03, 2013, thereby circumventing the 50-person limit under the first proviso to section 67(3), and a penalty of ₹10,00,000 each was imposed on Noticees 2, 3 and 5 (and Noticee 1 as per the order). Noticee 4 (Sakshi Saxena) was not held liable as no evidence established her involvement in the preferential allotment.
Full text
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