sebi:SEBI/EAD-7/BJD/BKM/120-123/2018
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty of Rs.30,00,000 jointly and severally on Noticees 1 to 3 and Rs.5,00,000 on Noticee 4 imposed under Section 15D(a) for unregistered CIS.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11A
- s. 15
- s. 12
- s. 15J
- s. 15D
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 199
Parties
- Zeestar Multi Club & Tours Pvt Ltd (Noticee No. 1)
- Shri Mrinal Atal (Noticee No. 2)
- Shri Surendra Kumar (Noticee No. 3)
- Shri Shailendra Prasad Badoni (Noticee No. 4)
Holding
Zeestar Multi Club & Tours Pvt Ltd and its directors violated Section 12(1B) of the SEBI Act, 1992 and Regulation 3 of the CIS Regulations by floating/sponsoring/launching an unregistered collective investment scheme, attracting monetary penalty under Section 15D(a).
Full text
Page 2 of 20 documents including its Memorandum and Articles of Association, brochures pertaining to the schemes, sample copies of registration letter and allotment letter, sample agreements, number of plans/ schemes launched/ proposed, scheme wise amount mobilization, details of regulatory approvals sought, details of the past and present directors, annual report/ financial statements, etc received references from Deptt. of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India it was observed that Zeestar had been raising funds from public without obtaining a Certificate of Registration from SEBI.
Page 3 of 20 referred to as “the Rules”) to inquire into and adjudge, under sections 15D (a) of the SEBI Act, 1992, the alleged violations by the Noticees.
Page 4 of 20 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES 8. The issues that arise for consideration are as under: (a) Whether Noticees have violated Section 12(1B) of the SEBI Act, 1992 and Regulations 3 of CIS Regulations.? (b) Does the violation, if any, by Noticees attract monetary penalty under Section 15 D(a) against Noticees? (c) If so, what would be the monetary penalty that can be imposed taking into consideration the factors mentioned in Section 15J of SEBI Act?
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