sebi:Order/AA/AR/2019-20/5250

SEBI · SEBI · 2013-11-22 · Dr. Anitha Anoop, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 imposed on the Noticee under Sections 15A(a) and 15C of the SEBI Act, ex-parte

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A

Parties

• Alpha Graphic India Ltd.

Holding

The Noticee violated SEBI Circulars CIR/OIAE/2/2011, CIR/OIAE/1/2012 and CIR/OIAE/1/2013 by failing to redress investor grievances and file ATR within stipulated time, attracting penalty under Sections 15A(a) and 15C of the SEBI Act. A penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 was imposed on Alpha Graphic India Ltd.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of Non redressal of Investor Grievances. Page 2 of 10 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SCORES’). These SEBI Circulars inter alia mandated listed companies to obtain SCORES login id and password and to view the complaints pending against them, redress them and submit ATR electronically in SCORES within 30 days of the receipt of the grievance.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Non redressal of Investor Grievances. Page 3 of 10 5. The details in respect of the alleged violation by the Noticee are as given below: a) It is noted that 6 complaints are still pending in SCORES, the earliest complaint being pending since 2011. Therefore, it is alleged that the Noticee, despite being called upon to do so, has failed to redress the pending investor grievances within time specified by the board and has also failed to file ATR in this regard. b) In view of the above facts and observations it is alleged that Noticee has violated the provisions of the SEBI Circulars No. CIR/OIAE/2/2011 dated June 03, 2011, CIR/OIAE/1/2012 dated August 13, 2012 and CIR/OIAE/1/2013 dated April 17, 2013 resulting in violation of Section 15A(a) and 15C of the SEBI act.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Non redressal of Investor Grievances. Page 4 of 10 hearing in the matter. 8. In this context, I note that despite the service of the SCN and the Hearing Notice, the Noticee had failed to submit any reply to the SCN and has not refuted the charges. The Hon’ble Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) in Sanjay Kumar Tayal & Others v SEBI, Appeal No. 68 of 2013 (decided on February 11, 2014) has, inter-alia, observed that – “………………As rightly contended by Mr. Rustomjee, learned senior counsel for respondents, appellants have neither filed reply to show cause notices issued to them nor availed opportunity of personal hearing offered to them in the adjudication proceedings and, therefore, appellants are presumed to have admitted

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