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SEBI Orders Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy to Refund ₹546.17 Crore: 171-Page Final Order, ₹11.5 Crore Penalty, 2-Year Market Ban
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Legal basis: SEBI Final Order QJA/MN/MIRSD/MIRSD-SEC-1/32790/2026-27 dated 23.10.2026 (Quasi Judicial Authority N. Murugan)
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SEBI's 23-Oct final order directs Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy and its founder to refund ₹546.17 crore for unregistered investment advisory and research analyst services, plus ₹67.87 crore interest.
- SEBI ordered disgorgement and refund of ₹546.17 crore — the fees evidenced as collected for the relevant programmes.
- Interest of ₹67.87 crore at 12% simple p.a. goes to the Investor Protection and Education Fund, not to investors.
- Penalties of ₹11.5 crore are payable within 45 days under Sections 15HA and 15EB of the SEBI Act.
- The 2-year market bar lasts until the refund direction is complied with, if that takes longer.
- Newspaper notices within 30 days will explain how investors claim refunds.
- Pure market education remains legal; paid personalised advice needs IA/RA registration.
- Misleading return claims and cherry-picked profit screenshots attract PFUTP fraud liability.
- SEBI's 171-page final order (23 Oct 2026, Quasi Judicial Authority N. Murugan) targets Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy, founder Avadhut Dinkar Sathe, and director Gouri Avadhut Sathe.
- ₹546.17 crore to be disgorged and refunded to investors within 5 months via a dedicated bank account (total collections since inception: ₹601.38 crore).
- ₹67.87 crore interest (12% simple p.a. from 10 Oct 2025) to be deposited in SEBI's Investor Protection and Education Fund.
- ₹11.5 crore penalties payable within 45 days (₹6 cr academy, ₹4 cr Sathe, ₹1.5 cr Gouri Sathe) under Sections 15HA and 15EB.
- Market bar: 2 years for the academy and founder (until refund compliance, whichever is later); 6 months for Gouri Sathe.
- Violations: unregistered IA/RA activity (Section 12(1)) and fraudulent practices (Section 12A/PFUTP) — misleading videos, selective trade disclosures; conduct continued after SEBI's 1 March 2024 warning.
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SEBI has ordered Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy Pvt Ltd and founder Avadhut Dinkar Sathe to refund ₹546.17 crore collected for unregistered investment-advisory and research-analyst services, plus ₹67.87 crore interest to the Investor Protection and Education Fund, within 5 months. It imposed ₹11.5 crore in penalties and barred the academy and Sathe from the securities market for two years (six months for director Gouri Sathe).
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