SEBI v. Suzlon Energy Limited and others (misstated financial statements, 2026)

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A SEBI whole-time member reviewed an adjudicating officer's June 2025 decision that had cleared Suzlon Energy and four officials, set it aside, and held that the company's financial statements and disclosures had been misleading. The May 2026 order imposed penalties totalling Rs 28.95 crore.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

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Disgorgement

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Prejudgment interest

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Total relief

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Alleged gain

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Penalty as published

290m INR

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What is alleged to have happened

The order of 29 May 2026 was passed by a SEBI whole-time member using the Board's power to review an adjudicating officer's order as erroneous and against the interests of the securities market (Section 15-I(3) of the SEBI Act and the matching provision of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act). It concerns Suzlon Energy Limited, its promoters and directors Vinod R. Tanti and Girish R. Tanti, Kirti J. Vagadia and the former chief financial officer Amit Agarwal. An adjudicating officer had decided the case in the noticees' favour on 27 June 2025; SEBI issued a review notice on 26 September 2025.

The investigation arose from an anonymous complaint in December 2019 and covered financial years 2014-15 to 2019-20 and part of 2020-21, with a forensic auditor. SEBI alleged, among other things, that a 2014 slump sale of the company's operation-and-maintenance business to a subsidiary for Rs 2,000 crore produced a reported gain of Rs 1,922.92 crore although the sale proceeds were not received on the agreed terms and part of the receipt was shown through repeated circular transfers of funds in March 2017. It further alleged misleading treatment of an Rs 1,200 crore investment chain, of impairments and loan-to-equity conversions in a subsidiary, and of a standby letter of credit arrangement in 2017-18.

The review order accepts a number of these allegations. It finds, for example, that the transaction left the company reporting enhanced net worth of Rs 2,663.96 crore instead of Rs 741.04 crore for 2013-14, and that the standby letter of credit arrangement was a misleading presentation in 2017-18. It holds the company liable under Section 12A of the SEBI Act and Regulations 3 and 4 of the PFUTP Regulations, together with listing-disclosure breaches, and holds each individual liable for the periods and capacities in which he was associated with the transactions, including the then chief financial officer for the 2013-14 statements.

The penalties imposed were Rs 15.95 crore on the company, Rs 5.75 crore on Vinod R. Tanti, Rs 5.45 crore on Girish R. Tanti, Rs 1.5 crore on Kirti J. Vagadia and Rs 30 lakh on Amit Agarwal, Rs 28.95 crore in all, under Sections 15HA and 15HB of the SEBI Act and Section 23H of the securities-contracts law. Payment was due within 45 days. The order notes that the material does not quantify any gain or investor loss.

The record does not show whether the noticees appealed to the Securities Appellate Tribunal, and the order does not find that anyone traded in the shares on the strength of the disclosures or quantify any gain or loss. The record describes no criminal case.

This library tags the matter as misleading issuer disclosure. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's.

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Timeline

1. 2026-05-29 SEBI whole-time member order setting aside the 2025 adjudication order and imposing penalties

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Record added October 8, 2026. submit a correction.