sebi:WTM/AB/CFID/CFID_1/20149/2022-23
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Facts / Headnote
Penalties imposed on Noticees 1 to 11; SCN issued to Noticee 12 not dealt with in this order
Provisions invoked
- s. 15A
- s. 19
- s. 11(1)
- s. 11B
- s. 12A
- s. 11(2)
- s. 11
- s. 15H
- s. 15I
- s. 15J
- s. 15F
- s. 138
- s. 105
- s. 11B(1)
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 3(b)
- Reg. 3(d)
- Reg. 4(2)(f)
- Reg. 4(2)(f)(i)
- Reg. 33(2)(a)
- Reg. 26(3)
- Reg. 33(2)
- Reg. 36
Parties
- Gautham Thapar
- Avantha Holdings Limited
- Acton Global Pvt. Limited
- Solaris Industrial Chemicals Ltd
- V R Venkatesh
- Madhav Acharya
- B Hariharan
- K N Neelkant
- Atul Gulatee
- Aditya Birla Finance Ltd
- IndusInd Bank
- Standard Chartered Bank
Holding
SEBI found Noticees 1 to 7, 9, 10 and 11 liable for fraudulent and unfair trade practices including diversion of funds from CG Power to promoter group companies, understatement of liabilities, and misrepresentation in financial statements, and imposed penalties under Sections 15HA and 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Full text
Final Order in the matter of CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited Page 1 of 248 WTM/AB/CFID/CFID_1/20149/2022-23 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA FINAL ORDER
Final Order in the matter of CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited Page 2 of 248 may have been potentially understated by approximately Rs. 1053.54 crore and Rs. 1,608.17 crore, respectively, as on March 31, 2018 and by Rs. 601.83 crore and Rs. 401.83 crore, respectively as on April 1, 2017. It was also informed that advances to related and unrelated parties of the Company and the CG Power Group may have been potentially understated by Rs. 1,990.36 crore and Rs. 2,806.63 crore respectively, as on March 31, 2018 and by Rs. 1,479.34 crore and Rs. 1,331.47 crore respectively, as on April 1, 2017. It was observed that the closing market price of the shares of CG Power decreased from Rs. 18.4 on August 19, 2019 to Rs. 14.75 on August 20, 2019, after the Company made an announcement that the total liabilities of the Company and the CG Power Group may have been potentially understated. SEBI suo moto had taken note of certain news articles published on August 20, 2019, in several national newspapers in relation to suspected ‘fraud’ at CG Power. SEBI sought information in the matter in
Final Order in the matter of CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited Page 3 of 248 recover the amounts due to CG Power, which were extended, either directly or indirectly, to the entities mentioned at paragraph 5.5A in Interim Order along with due interest expeditiously and take necessary action, including legal actions, to safeguard the interest of the investors of CG Power.
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