sebi:WTM/SM/WRO/WRO/14467/2021-22

SEBI · SEBI · 2020-12-07 · S. K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Noticees found in violation; directed to refund fees received from investors within three months, restrained from securities market for two years, debarred from associating with listed companies/intermediaries for two years, and prohibited from undertaking investment advisory without registration.

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 11(1)
• s. 12(1)
• s. 12A
• s. 12
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 11
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 2(1)(c)
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 2
• Reg. 3(1)
• Reg. 2(m)
• Reg. 3(d)
• Reg. 4(2)(k)
• Reg. 2(l)

Parties

• Hybrid Research Advisory Services (Proprietor: Mr. Nikhil Kumar)

Holding

The Noticees were found to have violated Section 12(1) of the SEBI Act, 1992 read with regulation 3(1) of the IA Regulations, 2013 by acting as an investment adviser without registration, and Section 12A(c) of the SEBI Act read with regulations 3(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(k) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 for fraudulent and misleading representations. The Noticees were directed to refund all fees received from investors within three months and barred from the securities market for two years.

Full text

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Source: SecMarx — sebi:WTM/SM/WRO/WRO/14467/2021-22. 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.