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| 25 March, 2021, 09:05 AM IST | E-Paper
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    Bombay HC asks for valuation of Karvy accounts

    The court also observed the decision of the exchanges and the depositories to undertake the process of nomination of another trading member or depository participant in place of Karvy cannot be faulted.

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    IIFL Securities had won the bid to acquire the 11 lakh demat accounts held by Karvy. Axis Securities emerged as the successful bidder for Karvy’s trading accounts. This was the first time depositories separately sold trading and demat accounts. Exchanges had terminated the membership of Karvy amid allegations the brokerage had misused clients’ securities and funds.

    Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed SBI Capital Markets and KPMG to value Karvy Stock Broking’s demat and trading accounts after the firm challenged the recent move by National Securities Depository (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (CDSL) to sell them separately. The beleaguered Karvy Group argued in its plea that the acquisition of the demat accounts and trading accounts of its broking arm should have fetched at least Rs 816
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