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ORISSA HIGH COURT
SUDHANSU SHEKHAR PATI – Appellant
Versus
SECURTIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA MUMBAI – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of attachments and petitioner’s involvement. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. petitioner’s arguments against the jurisdiction of sebi's actions. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court’s analysis on regulatory authority findings and judicial review limitations. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 4. discussion on the availability of an alternative remedy under sebi act. (Para 14 , 15) |
| 5. court’s conclusion to decline the writ petition. (Para 16 , 17 , 18) |
JUDGMENT :
Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.
1. The petitioner in the present Writ Petition is challenging the order dated 24.09.2018 passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the consequential attachment notices dated 13.04.2023 issued under Section 28A of the SEBI Act, 1992 read with the relevant provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961, whereby the petitioner’s personal bank accounts as well as Demat and trading accounts have been attached.
I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE:
2. Succinctly put, the facts of the case are as follows:
(i) Seashore Securities Limited is a public company incorporated on 25.04.2008 and registered with the Registrar of Companies, Odisha.
(ii) Mr. Prashanta Kumar Dash is the promoter and Managing Director of Se
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The ruling clarifies that freezing a promoter's demat account without involvement in the company's management violates constitutional rights and natural justice, reaffirming the necessity of procedur....
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