sebi:WTM/MPB/EFD-1-DRA-4/64/2019

SEBI · SEBI · Madhabi Puri Buch, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Life Fund prohibited from taking new clients/contracts; certificate of registration as Alternative Investment Fund cancelled with direction to surrender original, liquidate investments and return proceeds within three months and file compliance report within fifteen days thereafter; directions at para 35(b)(c)(d) to take effect subject to outcome of C.A. No. 005091/2019 before Supreme Court.

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 73
• s. 28A
• s. 73(2)

Regulations

• Reg. 28(2)
• Reg. 24
• Reg. 28(1)
• Reg. 4(f)
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 23

Parties

• Life Fund

Holding

Life Fund is not a 'fit and proper person' due to continuance of its Sponsor/manager-associated person Mr. Sanjay Gupta under a subsisting restraint order, and its certificate of registration as an AIF is cancelled with prohibition on new business and directions for liquidation and refund.

Full text

Order in the matter of Life Fund Page 2 of 15 a. Neesa Technologies Limited [PAN: AABCG5430A], Mr. Arvind Gupta [PAN: AERPG2839N; DIN: 00064391], Mr. Yogesh Ghisumal Gemawat [PAN: ADVPG4051D; DIN: 02550021], Mr. Girishchandra Mukundram Baluni [PAN: AAKPB5408R; DIN: 02745783], Mr. Nimain Charan Biswal [PAN: ACRPB3767C; DIN: 03306090], Mr. Sanjay Gupta [PAN: ABUPG5799B; DIN: 00006361], Mr. Kamlendra Joshi [PAN: ABIPJ6029P; DIN: 05356425] and Mr. Manoj Singhal [PAN: ARFPS7604E; DIN: 01830419], jointly and severally, shall forthwith refund the money collected by the Company through the issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures (which have been found to be issued in contravention of the public issue norms stipulated under the Companies Act, 1956 and the ILDS Regulations), to the investors including the money collected from investors, till date, pending allotment of securities, if any, with an interest of 15% per annum compounded at half yearly intervals, from the date when the repayments became due (in terms of Section 73(2) of the Companies Act, 1956) to the investors till the date of actual payment.

Order in the matter of Life Fund Page 3 of 15 panel of any public authority or public institution. For the purpose of this Order, a peer reviewed Chartered Accountant shall mean a Chartered Accountant, who has been categorized so by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI"). f. Neesa Technologies Limited, Arvind Gupta, Yogesh Ghisumal Gemawat, Girishchandra Mukundram Baluni, Nimain Charan Biswal, Sanjay Gupta, Kamlendra Joshi and Manoj Singhal are also directed to provide a full inventory of all their assets and properties and details of all their bank accounts, demat accounts and holdings of shares/securities, if held in physical form. g. In case of failure of the company, Neesa Technologies Limited, Arvind Gupta, Yogesh Ghisumal Gemawat, Girishchandra Mukundram Baluni, Nimain Charan Biswal, Sanjay Gupta, Kamlendra Joshi and Manoj Singhal, in complying with the aforesaid directions, SEBI, on the expiry of the three months period from the date of this order, - a) shall recover such amounts in accordance with section 28A of the SEBI Act including such other provisions contained in securities laws. b) may initiate appropriate action against the Company, its promoters/ directors and the persons/ officers who are in default, including adjudication proceedings against them, in accordance with law. c) would make a reference to the State Government/ Local Police to register a civil/ criminal case against the Company, its promoters, directors and its managers/ persons

Order in the matter of Life Fund Page 4 of 15 h. Neesa Technologies Limited is directed not to, directly or indirectly, access the capital market by issuing prospectus, offer document or advertisement soliciting money from the public and are further restrained and prohibited from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in the securities market, directly or indirectly in whatsoever manner, from the date of this Order till the expiry of four (4) years from the date of completion of refunds to investors as directed above. i. Arvind Gupta, Yogesh Ghisumal Gemawat, Girishchandra Mukundram Baluni, Nimain Charan Biswal, Sanjay Gupta, Kamlendra Joshi and Manoj Singhal are restrained from accessing the securities market and further prohibited from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in the securities market, directly or indirectly in whatsoever manner, with immediate effect. They are also restrained from issuing prospectus, offer document or advertisement soliciting money from the public and associating themselves with any listed public company and any public company which intends to raise money from the public, or any intermediary registered with SEBI. The above directions shall come into force with immediate effect and shall continue to be in force from the date of this Order till the expiry of four (4) years from the date of completion of refunds to investors, as directed above. j. For the reasons stated above in this Order, the directions imposed on Mr. Suresh Kumar [PAN: ADZPK2242A

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