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SEBI Drops Minimum Public Shareholding and Fraud Case Against Vinod Adani

SEBI Drops Minimum Public Shareholding and Fraud Case Against Vinod Adani

The Hindu1h
THE BRIEF
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Markets regulator SEBI has dropped minimum public shareholding and fraud allegations against Vinod Adani and 11 other noticees, citing insufficient evidence of control over offshore funds.

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The 81-page final order stated that the investigation failed to prove Vinod Adani directed the investment decisions of foreign portfolio investors Emerging India Focus Funds and EM Resurgent Fund.

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SEBI imposed Rs 20 lakh penalties on two noticees for withholding information but found no violation of public shareholding requirements.