Supreme Court grants SEBI time till August 14 to complete enquiry against Adani group
The HinduThe Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Securities and Exchange Board of India time till August 14 to complete its investigation into the Hindenburg-Adani Group allegations even as the market regulator clarified that the “investigation” referred to by Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in Parliament on July 19, 2021 concerns an October 2020 probe into “minimum public shareholding norms and consequential violations”, which happens to be a part of the U.S.-based short-seller’s damning report against the Adani Group. The Solicitor General said the 2016 “investigation”, brought up time and again, concerned an order of the SEBI regarding the issuance of Global Depository Receipts by 51 Indian listed companies. “Though the SEBI had directed the freezing of Foreign Portfolio Investments, including that of Albula Investment Fund Limited, Cresta Fund Limited and APMS Investment Fund Limited as a consequence of its 2016 order, it is hereby clarified that this action is purely in consequence of the GDR matter and not related to any examination into ‘so and so’ company,” Mr. Mehta submitted. On Wednesday, Mr. Ramesh, referring to the three-month extension given to SEBI, tweeted that only a Joint Parliamentary Committee would reveal the “whole truth” and the “SC-supervised investigation is limited to violations of securities laws”.