A bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia, while disposing of Sebi's plea, also expunged the Securities Appellate Tribunal's observations on Sebi's adjudicating officer Amit Pradhan. Pradhan had imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) on Goldman Sachs Investment (Mauritius) for furnishing 'false' declarations citing violation of the Sebi(Foreign Institutional Investors) Regulations, 1995.
The companies have been collecting money through different schemes from investors which has been estimated at several millions.
RIL had sought to settle a probe by Sebi into the alleged violation of insider-trading norms in sale of shares of its erstwhile subsidiary Reliance Petroleum in 2007.
The Tribunal, in its last hearing in Mumbai on March 23, decided to hold its final hearing in the matter here in the National Capital on March 26.
Admitting Sahara's plea, a bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia listed the matter for further hearing on January 20.
The Securities Appellate Tribunal on Friday set aside market regulator -- Securities and Exchange Board of India -- order banning Samir Arora, former fund manager with Alliance Capital Management, clearing him of insider trading charges.
Reliance Industries Ltd had sought to settle certain investigations into alleged violation of insider trading norms in sale of shares of its erstwhile subsidiary Reliance Petroleum Ltd, but the application to settle of the matter under Sebi's consent framework was rejected by the regulator.
With investors seeking clarity from the market tribunal SAT on Bharti Airtel's proposed mega deal with MTN, the Sunil Mittal company today said it is still in discussion with the South African firm.
Front-running is a fraudulent practice where traders exploit advance knowledge of large client orders for personal profit.
Govt to scrap 8 appellate tribunals; National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to take over Competition Appellate Tribunal's duties
MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) continued its tirade against the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), alleging "discrimination" and "character assassination" while rejecting its application for launching a full-fledged stock exchange.
The bench observed that it needs more time to study Sebi's view on the matter.
Sporadic violence erupts across Bangladesh as the nation awaits a special tribunal verdict against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case of alleged crimes against humanity. Security is heightened, and authorities are on high alert.
RIL has filed a petition before SAT against Sebi's rejection of its application for 'consent settlement' of a probe into alleged violation of insider trading norms in sale of shares of the company's erstwhile subsidiary RPL.
After the preliminary examination, the market regulator found that certain entities, including Indiabulls, had executed irregular and non-genuine trades.
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has set aside capital markets regulator Sebi's order that imposed a penalty of Rs 5.25 crore on Cairn India for making a misleading announcement regarding buyback of shares in 2014. Cairn India, which was merged with Vedanta Ltd in 2017, was accused of making a misleading public announcement designed to influence investors' decisions. "We hold that the violations of provisions of... the Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices (PFUTP) Regulations and... the Buyback Regulations are not proved against the company (Vedanta)," a bench consisting of Justice Tarun Agarwala and presiding officer Meera Swarup said.
Company is fighting 2 cases- one challenging the new consent mechanism guidelines, another seeking adjudication proceedings on the insider trading case
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Friday banned Shankar Sharma, director and chief global strategist of broking firm First Global from trading in bourses for one year.
Sebi on Monday lifted restrictions imposed on 16 entities, including some former employees of Infosys, in a case pertaining to alleged insider trading activities in IT major shares. The regulator also directed that the prohibition slapped on six entities -- Amit Bhutra, Bharath C Jain, Capital One Partners, Tesora Capital, Manish C Jain and Ankush Bhutra -- through the interim order, along with the confirmatory order, will stand vacated with immediate effect, bringing an end to the matter. "I deem it fit to vacate the directions issued vide the interim order read with confirmatory order against noticees 2 to 7 and dispose of instant proceedings against all the noticees.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld JSW Steel's Rs 19,700-crore resolution plan for debt-ridden Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL), bringing down curtains to a prolonged legal battle that spanned nearly eight years.
SAT has issued order to freeze Subrata Roy's account.
Now, a retired judge of a High Court with seven years of experience would be eligible for the appointment.
Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) tumbled 12 per cent in the mid-session trade on Wednesday amid reports of capital market regulator Sebi has unearthed a financial discrepancy exceeding USD 241 million (nearly Rs 2,000 crore) in the accounts of the company. The stock of the company nosedived 11.58 per cent to Rs 170.65 apiece on the BSE. ZEEL shares plunged 11.39 per cent to Rs 170.70 per piece on the NSE.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and M R Shah got annoyed when one of the advocate appearing for the parties sought two week adjournment on the ground that arguing counsel was not present.
The Securities Appellate Tribunal has stayed the order of market regulator SEBI suspending Anil Ambani Group's brokerage firm, Reliance Shares and Stock Broking Private Ltd for violation of norms.
Insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT on Tuesday upheld the resolution plan of grounded carrier Jet Airways and approved the transfer of its ownership to Jalan Kalrock Consortium. The NCLAT bench has directed the Jet Airways monitoring committee to complete the transfer of ownership within 90 days. Besides, it has also directed the lenders of Jet Airways to adjust the Rs 150 crore paid by the consortium as performance bank guarantee.
A bench comprising Justices N K Sodhi and Samar Ray observed that the appeal was 'premature' and dismissed it as 'infructious'. Deepak Mehra, a shareholder of Bharti Airtel who holds around 100 shares aggregating to around Rs 40,000, sought to overturn an informal guidance issued by Sebi on June 22.
What must be worrying the mandarins in the North Block is that the reply of the finance ministry completely contradicts the decision of the SAT in the Goldman Sachs case. Surely we are in for interesting political times.
Market regulator Sebi had imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh (Rs 5 million) on V K Kaul -- who was a non-executive independent director of Ranbaxy Laboratories between January 2007 and December 2008 -- and a fine of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 1 million) on his wife Bala Kaul.
The bench, which said that Sahara group must refund the amount by August 31 or face personal appearance, however, refrained from passing orders as the counsel for Roy pleaded that no such order be passed without hearing him and posted the case for hearing on July 24.
Out of 3,871 recovery certificates issued by the regulator in various cases, 807 have been certified as difficult to recover.
The government is likely to appoint more directors on the board of the crisis-ridden Satyam Computer Services soon. "More directors will be appointed within two days," a senior official of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said.
The Securities Appellate Tribunal chief Justice Kumar Rajaratnam has resigned amid controversy over the UBS Securities case relating to the stock market crash last year.
The Supreme Court asked on Thursday market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India and some stock brokers to file written submissions in a case relating to modification of penalty imposed on intermediaries.
When Sahara sought SAT's intervention against Sebi's orders, the tribunal said they will not.
In a partial reprieve to Manmohan Shetty, former chairman of media company Adlabs Films, the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Friday lowered the penalty amount to Rs 25 lakh from Rs 1 crore for alleged violation of regulatory norms.
