Supreme Court of India

Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Ram Kishori Gupta & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2789
Bench Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 7 April 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the entire exercise undertaken by SEBI after the passing of the final order dated 31.07.2014, resulting in the disgorgement order dated 28.09.2018, was unsustainable in law.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether SEBI can pass multiple final orders on the same cause of action; applicability of principles of res judicata/constructive res judicata; whether the Appellate Tribunal was justified in setting aside the 2018 disgorgement order passed by SEBI holding that it was barred by the principle of res judicata in view of its earlier 2014 order. Headnotes† Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 – ss.11, 11B – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.11 – Principles of res judicata/constructive res judicata – Applicability of – SEBI issued show cause notices in 2012 to

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