sebi:PJ/VP/25/2017

SEBI · SEBI · 2016-03-03 · Prasad Jagadale, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs.2,00,000 imposed on the Noticee - Rs.1,00,000 under Section 15A(a) and Rs.1,00,000 under Section 15C of the SEBI Act, 1992

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 11(1)
• s. 15J
• s. 15C

Parties

• M/s City Lifts India Limited

Holding

The Noticee violated the SEBI SCORES Circulars by failing to resolve 1(one) investor complaint within the specified time and failing to file the ATR in SCORES. The Noticee was held liable and a total penalty of Rs.2,00,000 was imposed under Section 15A(a) and Section 15C of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of M/s City Lifts India Limited Page 2 of 15 2. In term of the SEBI Circulars, the Noticee was supposed to take appropriate necessary steps within 7 days of receipt of complaint through SCORES, and resolve the complaint within 30 days of receipt of complaint and file the ATR in SCORES within 30 days of receipt of the said complaint/ investor grievance, failing which appropriate legal action including initiation of adjudication proceedings against the Noticee and its directors may be initiated by SEBI.

Adjudication Order in respect of M/s City Lifts India Limited Page 3 of 15 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING & REPLY 5. Show Cause Notice No. EAD/PJ/VRP/12630/2016 (SCN) in terms of the provisions of Rule 4(1) of the Rules was issued to the Noticee on 29.04.2016, calling upon the Noticee to show cause why an inquiry should not be held against it under Rule 4(3) of the Rules read with Section 15 I of the SEBI Act, 1992 for the alleged violations. The said SCN was sent through email in term of Rule 7(b) of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 2015 Rules. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Rules’). The said SCN was duly delivered at the Email ID- city@citylifts.com. However, the Noticee vide letter dated 17.05.2016 requested 15 days time for the filing the reply to the SCN. The Noticee vide its letter dated 03.06.2016 has submitted its reply to the SCN as under: This is with reference to the captioned subject wherein you had requested us to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be initiated against us for not resolving an investor complaint and filing an Action Taken Report within the stipulated time. In this regard we would like to state that we have been incurring losses for the last few years and have made a meager profit of Rs.84 lacs for the year ended March 31, 2015. As a result of our meager business and troubles we have not been able to retain our staff members and have also not been able to appoint a full time company secret

Adjudication Order in respect of M/s City Lifts India Limited Page 4 of 15 We would like to further submit that there were two other complaints which have been responded as under:

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