Supreme Court of India

Securities and Exchange Board of India v. V Shankar

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 419
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and J B Pardiwala JJ.
Decided 8 February 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, the appeal is allowed and the impugned order of the Tribunal dated 1 November 2022 is set aside.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

SEBI (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 1998 – Regulation 19(3) – Interpretation of – Notice to show cause was iss ued by the Whole Time Member (WTM) of SEBI to Deccan Chronicle Holdin gs Limited (DCHL), its Chairperson, Vice-chairperson a nd Company Secretary-respondent herein – penalty of Rs.10 lakhs was imposed on the respondent – Respondent was held liable on the ground that he was the Company Secretary when a buyback offer worth Rs.2 70 crores was made by the company in violation of regulatory provisions – Order set aside by the Securities Appellate Tribunal – On a ppeal, held:

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