1. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG!
PRESENTED
Group 8
Pinaz
Swati Singhal
Chittresh
Dhawan
Deep Daga
Himanshu Arora
Nikhil Singhvi

2. CHIT FUND
• A kind of savings scheme practiced in India
• Can be conducted by financial institutions or between group of
friends and family.
• Popular because other small savings schemes run by Indian
Postal Service etc give low rate of return.
• Chit Funds are also misused by its promoters and there are
many instances of the founders running what is basically a
Ponzi scheme and absconding with their money.

3. ACTS
Chit funds in India are governed by various state or central laws.
Organized chit fund schemes are required to register with the
Registrar or Firms, Societies and Chits.
• Union Government - Chit Funds Act 1982 (Section 2(b))
• Kerala - Kerala Chitties Act 1975
• Tamil Nadu - Tamil Nadu Chit Funds Act, 1961
• Karnataka: The Chit Funds (Karnataka) Rules, 1983
• Andhra Pradesh - The Andhra Pradesh Chit Funds Act, 1971
• New Delhi- The Chit Funds Act,1982 and Delhi Chit Funds
Rules, 2007
• Maharashtra - Maharashtra Chit Fund Act 1975

4. SARADHA GROUP
• Key People
• Sudipto Sen
• Debjani Mukhopadhdhay
• Originally a financial concern but invested heavily in brand
building.
• Bengali film industry
• Local television channels
• Newspapers
• In 2011, Saradha Group buys Global Automobiles, a heavily
indebted motorcycle company.
• CSR Activities – Donated motorcycles to Kolkata Police
• The group also invested in football clubs like Mohan Bagan
and sponsored Durga Puja.

5. OPERATIONS AND SCAM
• Started in 2006 with promises of astronomical returns in Ponzi
Schemes. Started building brand by buying and selling media
channels
• Used nexus of companies for money laundering
• Collected money by using secured debentures and redeemable
preferential bond
• Violation of section 67 of Indian Companies Act
• SEBI challenged them for the first time in 2009
• Creation of more than 300 new companies

6. OPERATIONS AND SCAM
•SEBI persisted, in 2010, Saradha’s method of raising funds
changed
•Collective Investment Schemes like tourism packages, real
estate fund launched in the name of Chit Fund
•In 2011, SEBI warned West Bengal government about the
alleged schemes of the company as the concept of chit fund is
regulated by state governments and not by SEBI
•In 2012, SEBI identified that the group operated CIS and not
Chit Fund.
•Saradha group started trading in stock market and siphoning
off the proceeds

7. REACTION
• On 7 December 2012, RBI governor stated that the West
Bengal government should initiate suo motu action against
companies which were indulging in financial malpractices.
• Sudipto Sen, wrote a confessional letter to CBI in April
2013 and fled. He was later arrested.
• PIL was filed on 22nd April 2013 in Guwahati High Court
and Calcutta High Court
• CBI investigation started

8. LEGAL IMPLICATION AND
CURRENT STATUS
22 April 2013 West Bengal government announced that a
four-member judicial inquiry commission headed by Shyamal
Kumar Sen, retired Chief justice of Allahabad High Court
would probe the scam
On 24 April 2013, Mamata Banerjee announced a
controversial Rs 500-crore relief fund for the low income
depositors of the Saradha Group

9. In light of the scam, SEBI requested sweeping powers to
investigate and prosecute any fraudulent collective investment
schemes.
On 7 May 2013, Calcutta High Court appointed a three
member administrator group to run Tara News and Tara Muzic
On 23 May 2013, Chief Minister, Mamata Bannerjee indicated
the willingness of West Bengal Government to take over
Saradha owned TV channels Tara News and Tara Muzic, which
had earlier been sent under administration by Calcutta High
Court

10. CURRENT STATUS AND
EFFECTS
• SUPREME COURT
• EFFECT ON ECONOMY
• POLITICAL DISHARMONY