Sebi has processed Rs 138 crore refunds to investors of two Sahara companies in a decade, while the amount deposited in specially-opened bank accounts for the repayment has risen to over Rs 24,000 crore.
These disclosures have been made by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in its latest annual report.
In the absence of claims from a majority of the bondholders of the two Sahara companies, which were asked to return the money to nearly 3 crore investors along with interest in August 2012 through a Supreme Court order, the total amount refunded by Sebi rose by just about Rs 9 crore during the last fiscal, 2021-22, while the balance in Sebi-Sahara refund accounts rose by Rs 1,515 crore during the year.
In its annual report, the regulator said that it received 19,650 applications as of March 31, 2022, involving total refund claims of Rs 82.31 crore. Of this, it has issued refunds of Rs 138 crore, including Rs 68 crore as interest, in 17,526 cases.
The remaining …
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