sebi:WTM/GM/EFD/35/2017-18
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Facts / Headnote
Directions issued: wind up CIS and refund investors within one month, restrain from securities market, restrain directors from holding director/KMP positions in listed companies for 4 years, restrain from alienating assets except for refunds, and other compliance directions.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11A
- s. 12
Regulations
- Reg. 65
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(2)(t)
Parties
- KMJ Land Developers India Ltd.
- Santoshi Lal Rathore
- Kanchan Rajawat Kushwah
- Nirmala Rathore
- Gopal Prasad Gupta
- Dilip Jain
- Sunil Singh
- Mathura Bai
- Sunil Singh Kushwah
Holding
The noticees' fund mobilisation activity constituted a collective investment scheme under section 11AA of the SEBI Act carried on without registration, contravening section 12(1B) read with regulation 3 of the CIS Regulations, and directions were issued for winding up, refund, and market/office restraints.
Full text
Page 2 of 9 based on the prima facie conclusion that the fund mobilising activity of Noticee No. 1 i.e. KMJ Land Developers India Ltd. ("KMJ") under the garb of a real estate business for the sale/purchase, development and maintenance of agricultural land falls within the parameters of a “collective investment scheme” as defined in section 11AA of the SEBI Act, 1992. Accordingly, the following directions were passed against the Noticees (including the directors and promoters of KMJ) :
Page 3 of 9 being made on behalf of the said directors as well. It further stated that a substantial amount due to the investors had already been repaid. SEBI was also requested to provide the entire set of copies based on which the order was passed and that the Directors or their authorized representatives be allowed to inspect the complete file of the case in the office of SEBI. The company sought time of 14 weeks to file their reply from the date of inspection of file in the office of SEBI and also wished to avail a personal hearing in the matter. On April 24, 2015, SEBI replied to the letter from KMJ, providing copies of documents sought for by KMJ. Specifically, with respect to KMJ's request for inspection, it was informed to KMJ that copies of all the relevant documents were enclosed with SEBI's reply. In response to the aforesaid letter from SEBI, KMJ, by way of letter dated May 08, 2015, informed SEBI that it was in the process of examining documents sent by SEBI and would file a detailed reply after the said examination and inspection of the case file. Subsequently no communication had been received from KMJ.
Page 4 of 9 (ii) Source of funds for repayment to investors (iii) Affidavit submitting that all the directions in the Interim order have been complied with till date (iv) List of all properties and other information sought for in the Interim
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