Adani-Hindenburg row: No reason to discredit SEBI, says SC, reserves order
New Delhi, Nov 25 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday said it has no reason to “discredit” SEBI, which probed allegations against the Adani group, as there was no material before it to doubt what the market regulator has done and the court does not have to treat what was set out in the Hindenburg report as a “true state of affairs”.
While asking the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) what it intends to do in future to ensure investors don’t loose wealth due to volatility in stock market or short-selling, the apex court observed it would not be proper for it to set up a special investigation team (SIT) on its own without any material before it.
A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, which reserved its order on a batch of pleas concerning the Adani-Hindenburg row on allegations of stock price manipulation, said it cannot ask a statutory regulator to take as a “gospel truth” something which was published in the media.
