sebi:Order/SD/KS/2022-23/18542

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-10-20 · Sandeep P Deore, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on Noticee for violation of Section 12A(a),(b),(c) of SEBI Act read with Regulations 3(a),(b),(c),(d) & 4(1) of SEBI (PFUTP) Regulations, 2003

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 12
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 3(b)

Parties

• Esaar India Limited

Holding

The Noticee, Esaar India Limited, was held liable for violating Section 12A(a),(b),(c) of the SEBI Act read with Regulations 3(a),(b),(c),(d) & 4(1) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003, for funding preferential allotment of shares through Surface Finance Private Limited and Tilak Finance Limited, thereby creating a false impression of capital infusion, and a monetary penalty was imposed under Section 15HA.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of Esaar India Limited Page 2 of 30 provisions of section 15HA of the SEBI Act for the aforementioned alleged violation of the provisions of law by the Noticee. SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING AND REPLY

Adjudication Order in the matter of Esaar India Limited Page 3 of 30 Agrawal. It was also observed that Giriraj Kishore Aggrawal was one of the directors of Esaar India Limited for the period of July 2010- March 2011. Thereafter, from the information on MCA website it was observed that the company named Surface Finance Pvt Ltd has been struck-off. v. It is also observed that pursuant to receipt of Rs 30,00,000/- from Surface Finance Private Ltd. by Shivshankar Joshi, an amount of ₹15,00,000 was then transferred by him to his wife i.e. Geetaben Joshi in her bank account with account number 014400100001343 maintained with Dhanlaxmi Bank and the same amount was transferred to EIL(the company) from account number 014400100001343. vi. Further, it is observed that EIL vide it letter dated September 19, 2019 informed that Surface Finance received ₹1,52,00,000 from the proceeds of preferential allotment during the period of May 20,2011- May 30, 2011. vii. The same is summarized diagrammatically as under where the number indicates the chronology of fund flow:

Adjudication Order in the matter of Esaar India Limited Page 4 of 30 SEBI had also sought the information about Nature of Relationship / Association (Professional or Personal, Past / Present) between following entities: a. Surface Finance Private Ltd & Shiv Shankar Joshi. b. Surface Finance Private Ltd & Esaar India Limited. c. Giriraj Agarwal and Surface Finance Private Ltd. However, it was observed that no reply has been received in this regard from Surface Finance Ltd. x. It is observed that SEBI vide e-mail dated June 18, 2021 had also sought information from Shivshankar Joshi and Geetaben Joshi about receipt of amount ₹30,00,000 from Surface Finance Private Ltd and nature of their association with the Surface Finance. However, no reply has been received in this regard from them. xi. In view of these transactions during preferential allotment, it is alleged that Noticee along with Shivshankar joshi and Geetaben joshi have violated Section 12A(a), (b), (c) of the SEBI Act, 1992 r/w Regulations 3 (b), (c), (d) & 4(1) of the SEBI (PFUTP) Regulations, 2003 for financing the subscription amount paid by the two allottees to the extent of ₹30,00,000 and Subsequently received ₹1,52,00,000 out of Issue Proceeds A/c from the company EIL thereby funding the preferential allotment dated May 25,2011 to the extent of ₹30,00,000 xii. It is observed that Saloni Agarwal (ANUPA1692D) was allotted 40,000 shares in the preferential allotment for which she had transferred ₹20,00,000 to the co

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