sebi:ORDER/MS/SB/2017-18/1721

SEBI · SEBI · 2017-09-01 · S. Manjesh Roy, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on noticee under Section 15HB of SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15J

Parties

• Siddheswari Garments Ltd.

Holding

The noticee failed to obtain SCORES authentication within the timeline prescribed by SEBI circulars, constituting a default attracting penalty under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, and a penalty of Rs. 1,25,000/- was imposed.

Full text

2 | P a g e Rules) to enquire into and adjudge under section 15 HB of SEBI Act the alleged non- compliance by the noticee.

3 | P a g e 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?

4 | P a g e investor grievances in SCORES within 30 days, thereby enabling SEBI to impose penalty u/s 15 C of SEBI Act in case of their failure to do so. Further, SEBI circular No CIR/OIAE/1/2014 dated December 18, 2014, inter-alia, extended SCORES platform to specified intermediaries, and also called upon ‘newly listed companies’ to redress investors’ grievances through this portal. Also, SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, notified on September 02, 2015 and came into force 90 days thereafter, subsumed the September 2012 circular.

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