sebi:RA/CB/279/2018

SEBI · SEBI · 2017-10-04 · Rachna Anand, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Ex-parte penalty imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Parties

• M/s Gran Heals Pharma Ltd.

Holding

The Noticee failed to obtain mandatory SCORES authentication in violation of the four cited SEBI Circulars and was held liable under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act. A monetary penalty of Rs. 6,00,000 was imposed ex-parte.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of M/s Gran Heals Pharma Ltd. Page 2 of 9 into and adjudge under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act against the Noticee for the alleged violation of aforesaid SEBI Circulars. Consequent to transfer of erstwhile Adjudicating Officer, competent authority has appointed the undersigned as Adjudicating Officer vide

Adjudication Order in respect of M/s Gran Heals Pharma Ltd. Page 3 of 9 of this Circular. However, allegedly the Noticee had failed to obtain SCORES Authentication. In view of the above, it was alleged that by failing to obtain SCORES authentication, the Noticee had violated SEBI’s Circulars No. CIR/OIAE/2/2011 dated June 3, 2011, CIR/OIAE/1/2012 dated August 13, 2012, CIR/OIAE/1/2013 dated April 17, 2013 and CIR/OIAE/1/2014 dated December 18,

Adjudication Order in respect of M/s Gran Heals Pharma Ltd. Page 4 of 9 2014, wherein it was inter-alia held, “…., appellants have neither filed reply to show cause notices issued to them nor availed opportunity of personal hearing offered to them in the adjudication proceedings and, therefore, appellants are presumed to have admitted charges levelled against them in the show cause notices”.

Source: SecMarx — sebi:RA/CB/279/2018. 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.