Adani-Hindenburg : Did The Supreme Court Panel Ask The Right Questions?
Live LawTo get the right answers, one needs to ask the right questions. The other members of the committee were : OP Bhatt Justice JP Devadhar KV Kamat Nandan Nilakeni Somasekaran Sundaresan The Court asked the panel to “investigate whether there has been regulatory failure in dealing with the alleged contravention of laws pertaining to the securities market in relation to the Adani Group or other companies''. Panel does not ask The regulations framed by SEBI in 2014 - SEBI Regulations- mandated that the FPIs should not have an “opaque structure” and that they should declare their “ultimate beneficial owner”. The “beneficial owners” declared by them under PMLA rules are regarded as the “ultimate beneficial owners” as per the SEBI regulations. Incidentally, certain sections interpreted the panel’s observations as a “clean chit” to Adani group and its stock prices reportedly rose after the report came into public domain.