Shrikant G. Mantri vs Punjab National Bank on 22 February, 2022
49. Apart from this the nature of the transactions clearly indicate their
dominant purpose to generate profits. All the three complainants are investors
for earning profits out of the investments in these bonds of Standard Chartered
Bank and Credit Suisse. The contention that they cannot be compared with
share investments does not appear to be a correct contention, in as much as,
the financial investments that too even after taking loans for earning profits has
the tenor of investments of the nature of an investment in a share market. The
investments made are not simply Fixed Deposits in a Bank earning simply
interest. The investments are of the nature as has been explained by the Apex
Court in the case of Shrikant G. Mantri vs. Punjab National Bank, (2022)
5 SCC 42.