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Independent Capital Markets Intelligence  |  Estd. 2006

Forensic Watch  ·  Insolvency Tracker  ·  Three Scrips

Circuits, Creditors, and Silence:
Three Stocks, Three Different Kinds of Trouble

Rajesh Exports bounces off SEBI's forensic hammer. Marshall Machines waits on Uno Minda's interest.
MEP Infra loses its CFO and still has no plan. Here is what actually changed this week.

~ Sumon Mukhopadhyay, Mumbai

Three scrips, three completely different stages of distress. Rajesh Exports is a live forensic investigation trading on raw sentiment. Marshall Machines is deep in CIRP with one credible bidder circling. MEP Infrastructure is the slowest-moving insolvency in recent memory — two years in, still no resolution plan, and now without a CFO. No filler. Just what changed.

1	Rajesh Exports: From SumanSpeaks Call to Back-to-Back Upper Circuits

Since our last SumanSpeaks dissection of the SEBI order, the stock of Rajesh Exports Ltd (₹92.87) has done exactly what we flagged it could — a violent technical reversal off oversold extremes. After seven straight sessions of lower circuits triggered by the June 3 order, the stock hit the 5% upper circuit on June 15 at ₹80.90, snapping the rout. It did not stop there: a second consecutive upper circuit followed on June 16, taking the stock to ₹84.24 — a two-day gain of over 10%, on volumes more than six times the 20-day average.

Make no mistake about what this is. The stock had collapsed nearly 30% in the panic that followed SEBI's 109-page order alleging ₹15.15 lakh crore in misstated revenues across FY21-FY25. This bounce is short-covering and bottom-fishing at extreme oversold levels — not a fundamental clearance. If anything, the regulatory cloud has thickened: sources now indicate a possible MCA or SFIO referral on top of the SEBI probe, and NFRA has separately initiated an investigation into the company's statutory auditors. The company has stated it will not challenge SEBI's interim order and will cooperate with the forensic audit, while separately defending the legitimacy of its Swiss subsidiary Valcambi SA's operations.

Rajesh Exports — Verified Timeline

DATE	EVENT
Jun 3	SEBI interim order; CMD Rajesh Mehta barred from securities market
Jun 4–12	7 consecutive lower circuits; stock falls to 52-week low of ₹73.20–77.05
Jun 15	First 5% upper circuit at ₹80.90; rout ends
Jun 16	Second straight upper circuit at ₹84.24; possible SFIO/MCA probe reported

2	Marshall Machines: Uno Minda Is Circling, But No Relisting Date Exists

Marshall Machines has been under CIRP since August 29, 2025, with Sandeep Kumar Chitkara as the appointed Insolvency Professional. The 8th Committee of Creditors meeting, held April 29 and continued May 1, 2026, covered CIRP cost estimates, liquidation cost provisions, and — critically — an update from Uno Minda Limited, one of India's largest auto component manufacturers, regarding its interest in the asset. A Swiss Challenge process for competing resolution plans was also conducted on April 16, 2026.

There is still no announced relisting date, and there will not be one until the CoC approves a resolution plan and the NCLT sanctions it — a process that can run from a few months to over a year depending on litigation and creditor consensus. On the shareholder wipeout question: under the IBC waterfall, financial creditors are paid first and equity holders sit last in priority. Whether Marshall Machines shareholders end up like JP Associates Ltd — where equity was rendered worthless — or salvage something depends entirely on whether Uno Minda's eventual bid (if finalised) carries any equity component for existing shareholders, which most CIRP resolution plans for going concerns typically do not.

3	MEP Infrastructure: Two Years In, No Plan, No CFO

Surprisingly, MEP Infra Ltd (₹0.78) has been under CIRP since March 28, 2024 — not a recent development. This is now over two years in the process, with Ravindra Kumar Goyal as Resolution Professional. The 23rd CoC meeting was held on June 2, 2026, with no resolution plan yet approved. This is an unusually long CIRP timeline even by Indian standards, where the IBC mandates resolution within 330 days including extensions — a deadline MEP has blown past by more than a year.

CFO Rajendra Pawar's resignation, effective May 31, 2026, was formally accepted by the Resolution Professional and attributed to "evolving professional commitments" — standard corporate language for an executive exit during a prolonged, directionless insolvency. The stock trades at ₹0.78-0.97, against a 52-week high of ₹2.87, with the company confirming no fresh promoter share encumbrance during FY26. Promoter Jayant Mhaiskar retains his Chairman & Managing Director title on paper and continues to sign routine compliance disclosures as Promoter, but holds zero operational control — the Resolution Professional runs the company. There is no public statement from Mhaiskar on resolution prospects, and "coming out of CDR" is an outdated framing entirely — MEP moved past CDR into full IBC insolvency proceedings years ago.

X (Twitter) Buzz — What Trading Desks Are Saying

SCRIP	SENTIMENT
RAJESHEXPO	Sharply polarised — momentum traders celebrating the rebound and crediting oversold bounce calls; fundamental analysts and forensic-audit watchers warning of a "dead cat bounce" with SFIO referral risk still live.
MARSHALL	Thin but pointed — speculation around Uno Minda's bid intensity, retail shareholders openly comparing the stock's fate to JP Associates and asking if equity survives any resolution plan.
MEP	Largely resigned — chatter centres on the stock's permanent sub-₹1 status, the CFO exit being read as a confidence signal, and near-zero optimism on Mhaiskar regaining control.

"A circuit is a trading event. A resolution plan is a legal event. Confusing the two is how retail money gets trapped in companies that have already stopped belonging to their shareholders."

— SumanSpeaks Analysis

SumanSpeaks View: Trade the Bounce, Don't Marry the Story

Rajesh Exports' two-day rally is real, tradeable, and entirely about technicals — not a forensic vindication. Until SEBI's investigation concludes and the SFIO question is resolved one way or the other, every upper circuit carries the seeds of the next lower one. 

Marshall Machines is the cleanest of the three distressed names in terms of process — a credible strategic bidder is at the table — but "credible bidder" does not equal "shareholder recovery." Equity is last in the IBC queue, always. 

MEP Infrastructure is the cautionary tale here: over two years in CIRP with no resolution plan, a CFO who has walked out, and a promoter who has gone quiet because he has nothing left to control.

The lesson across all three is identical: circuits move stock prices, courts decide who actually owns what is left. Trade Rajesh Exports if your risk appetite allows it. Track Marshall Machines for the resolution plan, not the share price. And treat MEP Infra as a textbook case study in how long an insolvency can drag when no resolution applicant finds the assets worth fighting over.

Disclaimer

This article is published by SumanSpeaks (sumanspeaks.blogspot.com) for general informational and educational purposes only. The author has over 25 years of capital markets experience. This is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. Stocks under SEBI investigation or CIRP carry exceptionally high risk, including potential total loss of capital. All data is sourced from public exchange filings, regulatory orders, and credible financial media. Readers must conduct independent due diligence before making any investment decision.

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