Credit Rating Agencies must abide by the Code of Conduct

Last updated: 25 May 2013

Court :
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Brief :
The present appeal under Section 15Z of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (“the SEBI Act”) is directed against the impugned judgment and final order dated 9th November, 2011 passed by the Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai (“the SAT”), in Appeal No. 155 of 2011, by which the appeal filed by M/s Informetics Valuation and Rating Pvt. Ltd., (the respondent herein) was allowed, and the order dated 24th June, 2011 passed by the Whole Time Member of SEBI and communication dated 21st July, 2011 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (”the SEBI”) was set aside. By the impugned order, the SAT has remanded the matter back to the appellant to consider the application of the respondent seeking registration as a Credit Rating Agency (“CRA”) without requiring the respondent to produce Audited Annual Accounts of the respondent’s promoters for the two years ending December, 2010.

Citation :
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA ….APPELLANT VERSUS M/S. INFORMETICS VALUATION AND RATING PVT. LTD. .…RESPONDENT