A panel headed by retired Justice RM Lodha had initiated the process of refunds in phases for investors, who had invested in PACL.
The refund process of up to Rs 15,000 claims will be allowed from November 1, 2022, to January 31, 2023.
The CBI has handed over 42,950 property documents to the committee besides 79 luxury cars from PGF and PACL including Rolls Royce, Porsche Cayenne, Bentley, BMW 7-series, they said.
PACL had raised Rs 49,100 crore from nearly 5 crore investors that it needs to refund along with promised returns, interest payout and other charges, which took the total amount due to over Rs 60,000 crore.
The regulator had found that PACL Ltd, which had raised money from the public in the name of agriculture and real estate businesses, collected more than Rs 60,000 crore through illegal collective investment schemes (CISs) over 18 years.
A panel headed by retired Justice R M Lodha had initiated the process of refunds in phases for investors, who invested money in PACL.
PACL, which had raised money from public in the name of agriculture and real estate businesses, was found by Sebi to have collected more than Rs 60,000 crore through illegal collective investment schemes (CIS) over a period of 18 years.
PACL, which had raised money from the public in the name of agriculture and real estate businesses, was found by SEBI to have collected more than Rs 60,000 crore through illegal collective investment schemes (CISs) over a period of 18 years.
In its order, Sebi said Nigam has been "prohibited from disposing, transferring, alienating or charging" agricultural land of over 53 acres in Karjat.
The company and its directors had mobilised funds to the tune of over Rs 2,686 crore by running unregistered collective investment schemes between 2013 and 2014.
The committee was set up by Sebi following a Supreme Court order for selling properties of PACL and using the sale proceeds to refund investors.
The committee headed by retired Justice R M Lodha was set up by Sebi following a Supreme Court order for selling the properties of PACL and using the sale proceeds to refund the investors.
The committee was set up by markets regulator Sebi following a Supreme Court order for selling the properties of PACL and using the sale proceeds to refund the investors.
PACL also known as Pearl Group, which had raised money from the public in the name of agriculture and real estate businesses, was found by Sebi to have collected these funds through illegal collective investment schemes over 18 years.
PACL, which had raised money from public in the name of agriculture and real estate businesses, was found by SEBI to have collected more than Rs 60,000 crore through illegal collective investment schemes
The money mobilised by PACL from investors was utilised for acquiring certain assets in Australia, SEBI said in a statement.
The ED's documents, filed by its special public prosecutor N K Matta, said that "illegal and fraudulent activities on the part of promoters of PGF and PACL have been revealed".
The panel has asked only such investors who have received SMS to send their original PACL certificates to the committee, said Sebi in a statement.
Besides bank accounts, the regulator has refused to defreeze Pearls Infrastructure Projects Ltd's (PIPL) demat account and mutual fund holdings.
The fine comes after India's market regulator three years ago had ordered PACL to return the 491 billion rupees it had raised from customers from financial products that promised returns based on land investments.
The refund process is being overseen by a Supreme Court- appointed committee, which has been able to collect "only a few hundred crores", Sebi said
PACL was found by SEBI to have collected over Rs 49,100 crore through illegal collective investment schemes.
Regulator Sebi today asked PACL's investors to file their claims for refund of money in a prescribed format to be issued by Supreme Court-appointed committee and cautioned public at large against dealing with any property where the group and its promoters have interests.
HDFC Realty today said it has been appointed by market regulator SEBI to assist it with property sales for Pearls Agrotech Corporation (PACL) in eight states amounting to aaround Rs 550 crore.
The Supreme Court today sought a response from the CBI on a plea of Pearls Agrotech Corporation Ltd (PACL), accused of not refunding over Rs 49,100 crore to its investors under various chit-fund schemes, that over 70 FIRs filed against it and its promoters across the country be clubbed with the case being probed by the central agency.