sebi:VKV/AS/AO-08/2018

SEBI · SEBI · 2015-02-13 · Vijayant Kumar Verma, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on Noticee

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 15C

Parties

• M/s Montari Industries Limited

Holding

The Noticee, M/s Montari Industries Limited, failed to obtain SCORES authentication and failed to resolve 38 pending investor grievances, and is liable for a penalty of Rs. 10,00,000 under Sections 15C and 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Montari Industries Ltd. February 1, 2018 Page 2 of 6 Appointment of Adjudicating Officer

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Montari Industries Ltd. February 1, 2018 Page 3 of 6 Consideration of Issues and Findings:

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Montari Industries Ltd. February 1, 2018 Page 4 of 6 14. Hon’ble SAT in S. S. Forgings & Engineering Limited & Others v SEBI, Appeal No. 176 of 2014 (decided on August 28, 2014) has, inter-alia, observed that – “………………Undoubtedly, an obligation is cast upon every listed company to redress investors’ grievances in a time bound manner as may be prescribed by SEBI from time to time………. This Tribunal has consistently held that redressal of investors’ grievances is extremely important for the Regulator to regulate the capital market. If the grievances are not redressed within a time bound framework, it leads to frustration among the investors’ who may not be motivated to further invest in the capital market. Hence the importance of complaints redressal system initiated by SEBI in June, 2011 cannot be undermined and its sanctity has to be maintained by all the listed companies…….”. Therefore, I hold that the Noticee has failed in its duty by not taking SCORES authentication and not resolving the investor grievances pending against it as alleged in the SCN.

Source: SecMarx — sebi:VKV/AS/AO-08/2018. 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.