23. Similar view was held in Ashok Shivlal Rupani & Anr.
vs. SEBI, Appeal No. 417 of 2018 along with other connected
appeals decided on 22nd August, 2019. Against the order of
this Tribunal in the matter of Ashok Shivlal Rupani, SEBI filed
Civil Appeal No. 8444-8445 of 2019 before the Supreme Court
of India which was dismissed and the order of this Tribunal
affirmed by the Supreme Court.
24. Similar view was again reiterated in the matter of Ashlesh
Gunvantbhai Shah vs. SEBI, Appeal No. 169 of 2019 and
other connected appeals decided on 31st January, 2020 (2020
SCC OnLine SAT 30) where on account of inordinate delay in
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the initiation of the proceedings by issuance of the show cause
notice, the penalty order was quashed.