SEBI: Quasi-legislative, quasi-judicial & quasi-executive.
Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct about SEBI?
1. The chairman of SEBI is nominated by RBI.
2. SEBI performs legislative and executive roles only.- Published on 04 Nov 15a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Only 1
- SEBI has three functions rolled into one body: quasi-legislative, quasi-judicial and quasi-executive.
- It drafts regulations in its legislative capacity.
- It conducts investigation and enforcement action in its executive function and it passes rulings and orders in its judicial capacity.
- Though this makes it very powerful, there is an appeal process to create accountability.
- There is a Securities Appellate Tribunal which is a three-member tribunal and is headed by Mr. Justice J P Devadhar, a former judge of the Bombay High Court. A second appeal lies directly to the Supreme Court.
The SEBI is managed by its members, which consists of following:
1. The chairman - nominated by Union Government of India.
2. Two members, i.e., Officers from Union Finance Ministry.
3. One member from the Reserve Bank of India.
4. The remaining five members are nominated by Union Government of India, out of them at least three shall be whole-time members.
