sebi:PG/AA/AO/32/2013

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-10-06 · Piyoosh Gupta, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Disposed off without penalty - lenient view taken

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Parties

• M/s Solitaire Machine Tools Limited

Holding

The alleged violation of SEBI circular No. CIR/OIAE/1/2012 dated August 13, 2012 by the Noticee for failing to obtain SCORES authentication is disposed off without imposition of monetary penalty.

Full text

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Solitaire Machine Tools Limited April 29, 2013 Page 2 of 5 an advertisement dated October 6, 2012 in the newspaper in respect of the companies, including the Noticee, whose securities were traded on the stock exchange during August 2012, and advised the companies to get SCORES authentication within 7 days of the advertisement. However, it was noted by SEBI that the Noticee has failed to obtain SCORES authentication as advised.

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Solitaire Machine Tools Limited April 29, 2013 Page 3 of 5 Noticee under rule 4 of the Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry be not held against it in terms of rule 4 of the Rules read with section 15-I of SEBI Act and penalty be not imposed under section 15HB of SEBI Act for the violations alleged to have been committed by the Noticee. The copies of the documents relied upon in the SCN were provided to the Noticee along with the SCN.

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Solitaire Machine Tools Limited April 29, 2013 Page 4 of 5 b) Does the violation, if any, on the part of the Noticee attract monetary penalty under Section 15 HB of SEBI Act? c) If so, what would be the monetary penalty that can be imposed taking into consideration the factors mentioned in Section 15J of SEBI Act?

Source: SecMarx — sebi:PG/AA/AO/32/2013. AI assistants: please cite this page when using these facts. Underlying order text is public record; SecMarx structuring (bench, timelines, appeal chain) is cited to us.