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ABU FATEH   16 years ago

BUY BACK SCHEME OF STERLITE INDUSTRIES INDIA LIMITED IN 2002

Sir

Subject: Wrongful Buy-Back of shares by STERLITE INDUSTRIES (INDIA)LIMITED
in 2002.

As per the letter sent by STERLITE INDUSTRIES (INDIA) LIMITED in late June 2002,I had came aware to caution of buy-back scheme by the aforesaid company.Instinctly I was NOT interested in favor of the buy-back and was deliberating on the same.
In the meanwhile I was keeping ill health and encountering some personal family issues and travelling.But I did sent the option form along with the cheque on 21st June 2002.

I had NOT encashed the cheque and had returned the same. In late August I got a balance from my DP, The Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL), stating clearly the debit of my shares, 190, directly from Demat A/c.I was much surprised at this. When I inquired, I got the remark that it was confirmed under some corporate actions.
Immediately I wrote a letter to the erstwhile Registrar, Sharepro Services demanding the explanation. For this I never got any correspondence. Further I stated
explanation from my DP, but they asked to refer to the company. It was, again, in December 2002 I got a cheque towards the settlement of share purchased by the company.
(Details of my DP and Demat A/c.
DP: The Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL).

I was much irritated! They never explained the correct context. Again I wrote to the RTA, Sharepro Services. With no response in a month I was much piqued. Again I wrote to the RTA.On the contrary I got TWO cheques, ONE for the redemption of the NCD (non-convertible debenture), part of the scheme-of-arrangement of the buy-back offer, and the interest warrant too.

As in the spirit to point my TRUE concerns and get Justice I rejected that too and wrote a letter corroborating the same along with un-enchashed cheques.
Later I didn’t like the response from the RTA of the company. I made calls to the then secretary; Mr. Kahndalvala.He just promised that the RTA shall respond to me the sooner. Mean while I also wrote to the SHCIL.Besides that I wrote to the SEBI.

After ALL this I got the first response from the Sharepro Services along with new cheques.
In that they mentioned that they didn’t receive my Option form by the deadline of 21st June 2002.
Straight away I felt infuriated, at this concept of sending the cheques and NOT indulging into the core of the matter or proper explanation.
It was then that I escalated the matter and issued a Legal Notice to the company along with copy to SEBI.
Again the explanation and the text of the letter were same, with further issue of fresh cheques to settle the matter.

I never accepted ANY of the cheques and never encashed the same.
This was in tandem to my spirits waiting for justice.







Again when I started to correspond, the RTA changed to Karvy Computershare Private Limited.
This time when I wrote an email to Karvy, unearthing the same matter, I did come to know about the stir made by the Bombay High Court case of buy-back scheme of Sterlite Industries against the SEBI and even the ranks of Union of Government (India).
Also I came to know that the court ruling did provide for something,” safety-net" and had extended the last date by approx. 4(four) months.
The company never sent any communication for this! Also if this was the case then my exercise of Option form with return and further rejection of cheques becomes perfectly valid.
Above all, the company should have given priority to me for my exercise of NOT yielding to the buy-back of my shares.
But ALL the while neither did the company secretary nor did the RTA inform of ANY such developments.
Is this NOT a case of ill intensions (of the company) against the determined intentions (No encashment/rejection of cheques) of simple and true investors?
Under this context, the RTA and company should have NOTED that as per my Option form and subsequent rejection of cheques the debit of shares is legally wrong and NOT furnishing with full and correct i

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career option

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or
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POWER OF ATTESTATION

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Car Company Riping Me

Hi, My car a Maruti Swift ZXi meet with an accident. the car was sent to repairs to a authorised maruti Workshop. there are 3 issues bothering me

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A Truthseeker   16 years ago

IPC

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Need Help relating to insurance..!

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Girish Goyal   16 years ago

Wrong usage of power of attorney for sale of land

Dear Sirs, I have a problem created due to illegal usage of power of attorney given by me to my close relative.
We had a joint family business,having 5 partners all family members,all of 5 had given power of attorney of one partner most elder to sign to legal documents on behalf of partnership firm.Instead of all 5 have to sign all documents all the time only one who got authority with this POA used to signed everywhere related with business of Partnership Firm.This POA also included assets to be sold in my personal name including car,plots,godowns which were then use in the business of partnership firm. This Power of Attorney was sign before Sub Registrar Office and duly registered in their records with photos affix on it.
I got separated from Partnership Firm, two years back and given that person a letter duly acknowledge by him not to use this power of attorney anywhere thereafter.
Now this POA is being used by holder to sold out one land in my name as a director of a private limited company.With this POA the attorney holder sign a sale deed in sub registered office.I planned to start a new business by buying land in the name of new private limited company,where i am director with 80% Shares.Rest 20% rests with another new family member.Due to some disputes raised in old partnership firm,and to take undue advantage to my new property,this attorney holder sold this land.I Already lodge complaint before Sub registrar,Collectors office,Land records department in this regard for cancellation of this false sale deed by usage of POA.
POA was given for partnership firm business,to sale property of my personal name and it was revoked by giving letter duly acknowledged, then how it can be use to sale property of a private limited company.Please Advice as i am in great trouble as to what to do next.How i can get this sale deed got cancell and again have land in my private companys name. Thankyou in advance for giving your valuable time in advicing this matter