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The order handed by Sebi’s adjudicating officer mentioned the contents of the sooner Show Cause Notice (SCN) issued to them may even be integrated “within the SCN to be issued within the on the spot matter”.
ZEEL and its prime administration are beneath Sebi scrutiny for alleged violations of disclosure norms and initially a present trigger discover was issued to them in July 2022.
Markets watchdog Sebi on Thursday mentioned it’s going to slap a recent present trigger discover on ZEEL founder chairman Subhash Chandra, and his son Punit Goenka because it vowed to proceed the investigation into alleged violation of itemizing norms towards the media baron and his firm.
The order handed by Sebi’s adjudicating officer mentioned the contents of the sooner Show Cause Notice (SCN) issued to them may even be integrated “within the SCN to be issued within the on the spot matter”.
The ZEEL and its prime administration are beneath Sebi scrutiny for alleged violations of disclosure norms and initially a present trigger discover was issued to them in July 2022.
Following the July 2022 present trigger discover, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) and Punit Goenka filed settlement purposes with the Sebi.
However, the appliance to settle the adjudication proceedings was rejected by a panel of whole-time members of Sebi and the matter was referred to the markets watchdog for additional investigation.
“In this regard, it has been noticed that subsequent to completion of investigation within the on the spot matter, it has been determined by the competent authority to proceed towards the noticees beneath Section 11B of SEBI Act 1992,” the order mentioned.
Section 11B pertains to Sebi’s powers to difficulty notices and impose penalties.
The order additional mentioned, “the content material of the SCN dated July 6, 2022 issued by the Adjudicating Officer (AO) together with the examination report and all of the relied upon paperwork can be handled as integral a part of the additional investigation report by Sebi within the matter of ZEEL”.
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