sebi:QJA/VS/CFID/CFID/29200/2023-24
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Facts / Headnote
Liability held - misrepresentation established as fraud and unfair trade practice
Provisions invoked
- s. 11
- s. 15
- s. 19
- s. 11B
- s. 12A
- s. 15H
- s. 27
- s. 15J
- s. 15F
- s. 45
- s. 179
- s. 34(2)
- s. 27(2)
- s. 66
- s. 42
- s. 33(2)
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 2(1)(c)
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 12
- Reg. 4(2)
- Reg. 4(2)(f)
- Reg. 3(b)
- Reg. 201
- Reg. 33
- Reg. 4(2)(r)
- Reg. 4(2)(e)
- Reg. 4(1)(a)
- Reg. 4(2)(k)
- Reg. 48
- Reg. 17(8)
- Reg. 33(2)(a)
- Reg. 16
- Reg. 2(1)(f)
Parties
- Talwalkars Healthclubs Limited
Holding
THL misrepresented its financial statements and the same amounts to fraud and unfair trade practice, making THL liable for violation of Section 12A(a), (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act and Regulations 3(b), (c) and (d) and 4(1) of the PFUTP Regulations; violation of Regulation 4(2)(f) also stands established for publishing untrue reports and disclosures.
Full text
Order in the matter of Talwalkars Healthclubs Limited Page 2 of 64 1.2. Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI”) was in receipt of several complaints against THL and TBVFL during the period from August 2019 to October 2019. The complaints, inter alia, indicated default in payment of interest on term loans despite significant cash balance. As per the financial results ending March 2019, both the companies (TBVFL and THL) had a total cash balance of approximately ₹77 Crores and total default by both the companies of interest payment as on July 2019 was only ₹3.5 Crores (Term Loan) which raised suspicion over the authenticity of their books of accounts.
Order in the matter of Talwalkars Healthclubs Limited Page 3 of 64 2.2. Inflation of bank balance disclosed in financial statements
Order in the matter of Talwalkars Healthclubs Limited Page 4 of 64 Particulars Amount Actual Bank balance - Axis bank account 004010200059343 5.65 Difference / reconciling amount 89.07 Less: Increase in balance due to book entries passed in the accounting records (193.20) Add: Difference in balance due to genuine reconciling items. 104.13
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