Sebi ban: Anil Ambani mulls over legal options
After facing regulator axe, Anil Ambani reviewing Sebi order, to take appropriate steps: Spokesperson
Sebi ban: Anil Ambani mulls over legal options
Legal Battle
♦ Anil Ambani resigned from boards of Rel Infra, Reliance Power in 2022
♦ He’s in compliance with Sebi’s interim order since Feb 11, 2022
♦ RelComm, RelCapital, and RelInfra undergoing bankruptcy over unpaid debt
♦ RelInfra said it’s was not a noticee or party to the proceedings before Sebi
New Delhi: Businessman Anil Ambani is reviewing a Sebi order imposing a fine and banning him from capital markets for five years in an alleged fund diversion case and will take appropriate next steps as legally advised, his spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday. Ambani, the spokesperson in a statement said, had resigned from the board of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd and Reliance Power Ltd, pursuant to Sebi’s interim order dated February 11, 2022 in the matter pertaining to Reliance Home Finance Ltd.
“He is in compliance with the said interim order (of February 11, 2022) for the last two-and-a-alf years,” the statement said.
On the August 22 order that banned him and 24 others from the securities market for five years on charges of diversion of funds, the spokesperson said, “Mr Ambani is reviewing the final order dated August 22, 2024, passed by Sebi in the said matter, and will take appropriate next steps as legally advised.”
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had also imposed a fine of Rs25 crore on Ambani, saying he orchestrated a scheme to ‘siphon off’ funds from Reliance Home Finance, a listed subsidiary of conglomerate Reliance Group of which he is Chairman. The ban means that he and the other 24 will not be able to access the securities market and are prohibited from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in securities, directly or indirectly.
In a separate statement, Mumbai-listed Reliance Infrastructure Ltd said it “was not a noticee or party to the proceedings before Sebi in which the order is passed”. No directions are given in the order against Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. Ambani had resigned from the board of directors of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd pursuant to the interim order dated February 11, 2022, passed by Sebi in the same proceedings. Therefore, the order dated August 22, 2024, passed by Sebi has no bearing whatsoever on the business and affairs of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, it added.
