sebi:PG/AO/SPV/115/2013

SEBI · SEBI · 2011-08-02 · Piyoosh Gupta, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs. 25,00,000 imposed on the Noticee under section 15HA of the SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 15

Parties

• Shri Sanjay Dalmia

Holding

The Noticee, as chairman and promoter director of GHCL, violated regulations 3(a),(b),(c)&(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(f) of PFUTP Regulations read with Section 12A(a),(b)&(c) by reporting inflated promoter shareholding for 8 quarters and was penalized Rs. 25,00,000 under Section 15HA, while given benefit of doubt on the ARG expression-of-interest allegation.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of GHCL Ltd. Page 2 of 14 as disclosed by GHCL to the stock exchanges was more than the actual number of shares held by the promoter entities as per the records of Registrar and Transfer Agent.

Adjudication Order in the matter of GHCL Ltd. Page 3 of 14 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING AND REPLY 5. Show Cause Notice dated December 12, 2011 (SCN) was issued to the Noticee under Rule 4 of the Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against the Noticee and

Adjudication Order in the matter of GHCL Ltd. Page 4 of 14 time of 15 days to make additional submissions. Vide letter dated August 21, 2013 the Noticee was advised to appear for hearing at SEBI NRO on September 05, 2013 when the authorized representative of the Noticee appeared and reiterated the submissions already made. A compilation of all the submissions was also made on behalf of the Noticee.

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