The writing is very clear on the wall, Supreme Court of India warns Amrapali Group

NEW DELHI: The ?writing is very clear on the wall?, the Supreme Court of India warned real estate firm Amrapali Group on Tuesday over its repeated non-compliance and ?hood-winking? of the court?s order.nnThe top court asked the realty firm to reveal by December 3 the details of all its properties in the name of directors, their family members, relatives, chief financial officers and statutory auditors in India and abroad. It gave one last opportunity to Amrapali Group and its directors and promoters to comply with each and every direction passed by the court since May last year.nnA bench of Justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit said the Amrapali Group will have to disclose each and every detail and activity, including financial transactions, by which home buyers? money was transferred.nn?We make it very clear that Amrapali Group should disclose each and every activity in clear terms it took since 2008 onwards related to the construction of residential, commercial, personal, official and financial where the money was transferred. If all the disclosures are not made by Amrapali Group and its directors then the writing is very clear on the wall,? the bench said.nnThe company has to disclose details of assets of all directors since 2008, assets created in the name of their family members, relatives, chief financial officer and statutory auditors.nnThe company is responsible for diversion of home buyers? money, it said. The court asked the group to furnish details of all the land that was been sub-leased, structures raised on it and financial benefits to the company.nnIt directed banks, Noida and Greater Noida authorities and other bodies concerned to cooperate with forensic auditors saying they have been acting on the direction of the court and any non-compliance will be treated as contempt of the court. It directed the registry of the court to accept the Rs 1 crore demand draft given by Amrapali?s chief financial officer Chander Wadhwa, and asked the group to depute four people for assisting forensic auditors in their investigation of the company?s affair.nnThe bench posted the matter for further hearing on December 5 and asked the company to file its reply by December 3.nnOn November 13, in a massive crackdown on the Amrapali Group for ?wilful disobedience? of its orders, the apex court had attached the company?s 100-bed multi-speciality hospital, bank accounts, the building which houses its office, certain firms and a ?benami? villa in Goa. It had asked the CFO to deposit Rs 11.69 crore with its registry within three weeks. It also asked statutory auditor Anil Mittal to pay Rs 47 lakh.nnIt restrained the realty firm from alienating its companies through which it had transactions and ordered attachment of such firms. The top court also restrained the Amrapali Group from creating any third-party rights for 86 luxury cars and SUVs purchased from the company?s funds.nnIt had sought the presence of CMD Anil Sharma and two directors Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar on November 19 and said the Amrapali Group had deliberately not complied with its earlier order and committed a ?serious fraud? by diverting home buyers? money from one company to other.nnIt has ordered the attachment of the group?s property, including state-of-the-art, multi-speciality, 100-bed hospital situated at Greater Noida for which funds from sister company Ultra Home Construction Pvt Ltd were utilised.nnThe court also attached the bank accounts of GauriSuta Infrastructures Pvt Ltd, its director Sunil Kumar and its assets after forensic auditors disclosed that Amrapali transferred home buyers? money from one firm to sister companies using it as conduit. Besides, it also ordered attachment of towers, which housed the company?s office and ?Aqua Fortis? villa in Goa after no one came forward to claim ownership.nnOn October 31, the apex court directed the Amrapali Group to disclose the names of all the companies with which it had any kind of transaction after forensic auditors pointed out that there could be a web of more than 200-250 such firms where home buyers? money was transferred.nnThe two forensic auditors, appointed by the court to look into the affairs of the Amrapali Group had said besides 47 sister companies, they stumbled upon 31 companies whose names were never disclosed by the real estate firm. It had also initiated contempt proceedings against Sharma and its directors for prima facie violation of the court?s order and thwarting the course of justice. The matter is listed for November 20.nnSource: Press Trust of India