sebi:Order/GR/RK/2019-20/7265

SEBI · SEBI · 2019-12-24 · G Ramar, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Noticee held liable and penalty of Rs. 2,00,000 imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 11
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A
• s. 15C

Parties

• Usha India Limited

Holding

Usha India Limited failed to obtain SCORES authentication and to redress 27 pending investor grievances within stipulated time, violating SEBI circulars, and was held liable under Section 15C and Section 15HB of the SEBI Act with total penalty of Rs. 2,00,000 imposed.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Usha India Limited Page 2 of 11 2. It was alleged that Usha India Limited (hereinafter referred to as, “Noticee/Company”) had failed to obtain the SCORES authentication and to redress investor grievances pending therein within the timelines stipulated by SEBI, therefore not complying with the aforesaid SEBI Circulars. APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

Adjudication Order in respect of Usha India Limited Page 3 of 11 5. In response to the newspaper advertisement, the Noticee vide its letter dated January 01, 2018 stated that its correspondence address was – Village Gujartola, Raebareilly Amethi Road, Gauriganj, Dist. Sultanpur, UP, and requested for the SCN to be sent to its aforesaid address. Accordingly, vide letter dated January 12, 2018, copy of the SCN was forwarded to the Noticee. Subsequently, the Noticee vide its letter dated February 01, 2018 requested for copy of the investor complaint to understand the nature of the complaint and take suitable action. Vide letter dated March 14, 2018, SEBI informed the Noticee that SCORES authentication has not been taken by it and further, physical copy of the pending investor complaints (27 Nos.) were forwarded to the Noticee. From the available records, it is noted that no response to the same was received from the Noticee.

Adjudication Order in respect of Usha India Limited Page 4 of 11 Moreover, the other record lying at its registered office in the Gauri Ganj, District Sultanpur, has been stolen / removed by the local people / scrap dealers. Lots of incident of theft has been taken place in the above-said area wherein most of the records have been taken away by the local people / scrap dealers while stealing other materials from the site. Matter has been reported to the local police by the local Security Guard. The above-said company has no employee. We have been nominal directors on the board of above-said company just to consists its mandatory coram in terms of provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 / 2013. We are not aware about the past records or alleged non compliances by the above-said company. Any such alleged default is without any deliberate intention or due to willful act of the company or its directors. We have no information regarding any alleged SEBI violation or proceedings. In absence of requisites record, we are unable to comment on your letter under reply. We hope that you will appreciate our bonafide and genuine reason in this regard. WE have every intention to cooperate in your investigation but helpless due to non-availability of record. We therefore request you to withdraw the above-said notice.”

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