sebi:PKK/AO/176/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty of Rs 5,00,000 imposed on the Noticee for violation of Section 15C of SEBI Act
Provisions invoked
- s. 15J
- s. 15
- s. 15C
- s. 207
Holding
The Noticee violated Section 15C of the SEBI Act by failing/delaying to redress investor grievances within the time specified by SEBI, and a monetary penalty of Rs 5,00,000 was imposed.
Full text
Page 2 of 11 Notice, Reply and Personal Hearing: 3. A Show Cause Notice dated March 11, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SCN’) was issued to the Noticee in terms of the provisions of Rule 4 of SEBI (Procedure for holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the Adjudicating Rules) requiring the Noticee to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held for the violations alleged to have been committed by it.
Page 3 of 11 was advised to attend the hearing on April 21, 2011. However, Noticee sought an adjournment and it was advised to attend the hearing on May 09, 2011. The authorized representative of the Noticee appeared before me and made oral submissions followed by a written submissions vide letter dated May 16,
Page 4 of 11 8. The submissions made by the Noticee are summarized below: a. The Noticee has always strived to redrerss investor grievances on a timely basis. The Noticee in co-ordination with the Registrar and Share transfer Agent (RTA), has been forwarding timely responses to the complaints received from SEBI. With respect to letter dated July 16, 2010, the Noticee submitted its letter dated August 07, 2010. The said was hand delivered to SEBI on August 17, 2010. With respect to remaining complaints, the Noticee submitted another response vide letter dated March 23, 2011. The reason for pending complaints was mainly attributable to non-compliance / delayed compliance with various formalities by the respective shareholders. b. With respect to complaint of Mrs. Bagrecha, the alleged grievances were (i) delay on the part of the Noticee to issue duplicate share certificates. (ii) delay in payment of dividends for the period 2005-06 and 2006-07; (iii) the shareholder had suffered loss of profit due to the delay in issuance of duplicate share certificates. c. On April 01, 2006, the Noticee received a communication from Mrs. Bagrecha for issuance of duplicate share certificates in lieu of the original certificates lost / misplaced by her. In response to the same, its RTA vide its letter dated April 22, 2006 asked Mrs. Bagrecha to submit certain documents to confirm her signature. On May 18, 2006, RTA received a letter from her, giving verification of signature from her husband who
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