sebi:1300701845449

SEBI · SEBI · 1999-09-14 · G. N. Bajpai, Chairman, SEBI

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Facts / Headnote

Debarred from associating with securities market activities and dealing in securities till completion of investigation

Provisions invoked

• s. 4(3)
• s. 19(1)
• s. 19
• s. 10
• s. 11(2)

Regulations

• Reg. 4

Parties

• M/s Biyani Securities Pvt. Ltd
• Shri Aloke Biyani
• Shri Ravindra Biyani

Holding

M/s Biyani Securities Pvt. Ltd and its directors Shri Aloke Biyani and Shri Ravindra Biyani were debarred from associating with securities market activities and from buying, selling or dealing in the securities market directly or indirectly till completion of investigation.

Full text

transactions with us and vice versa. However, in the event SEBI should so require, it is willing to point out the full extent of the inconsistency and contradictions in the figures furnished in the notice. l Thus, allegations in the show cause notice are wholly vague, without particulars and basis and appear to be a hurried exercise to inflict a summary penalty particularly when his registration with SEBI had already been wrongfully cancelled by SEBI. l In this connection, it is stated that all transactions have been carried out in accordance with all rules, regulations, guidelines and bye-laws relating thereto and all disclosures wherever required have been made. Full data with regard to this is already available to SEBI. l They seek clarification whether the provisions of the Bye laws of CSE have been amended by due process as provided Section 10 of the Securities Contract Regulation Act 1956. l It also denies that any transaction impacting the price discovery mechanism of stock exchanges was carried out by it as alleged or that there has been failure to report any transactions required to be disclosed. It denies that it has acted with any other broker or concealed turnover in securities or created any false or misleading appearance of trading on the securities market or violated the SEBI circular of September 14, 1999. l It denies in particular that it had not reported off market trades as proprietary trades as alleged. It denies that any wrong declaration has been made or

By transacting such huge volumes of off-the-floor transactions, M/s Biyani Securities Pvt. Ltd. along with other brokers appears to have organized a parallel stock exchange for the purpose of assisting in, entering into or performing contracts in securities. The intention to organize a parallel stock exchange is also evident from the fact that M/s Biyani Securities Pvt. Ltd. had concealed the off the floor transactions from CSE by not reporting them to the stock exchange. SEBI's circular banning non-screen based trading has been notified by the CSE. From the exchange data, it has been found out that the broker has not reported all of his off-the floor transactions. The figures are arrived from the data provided by the broker in soft form and there are several instances where it traded in its associate NSE card for its CSE transactions without reporting to CSE. The broker has not furnished any proof such as trade ID, trade time etc. for having executed the transactions at CSE or proof of acknowledgement for having reported the transactions to CSE. The broker has not denied the inter-broker transactions of Biyani Securities P Ltd and H.C.Biyani. It is pertinent mention here that there is no need for a broker to trade with other brokers of the same stock exchange for his genuine trades. It proves that they had indulged in the off-the-floor transactions and it was also confirmed from CSE's data that they have not reported all of their off-the-floor trades. The broker's reply that

From the data provided above, it appears that M/s Biyani Securities Pvt. Ltd had made wrong declaration to CSE and thereby concealed the trading done by it on behalf of clients. By concealing the dealings of the clients by giving wrong declarations to the CSE, M/s Biyani Securities Pvt. Ltd has not only avoided compliance with the prudential exposure limits and margin requirements of CSE prevailing during the relevant period of time, but it has also interfered with the fair and smooth functioning of the market by concealing the dealings of the major clients from the exchange authorities. This appears to have been done for the purpose of creating a false and misleading appearance of the market with the intention to prevent the exchange authorities from initiating appropriate measures for the purpose of safety and integrity of the market. Indulging in off the floor transactions at huge volumes and not reporting or reporting only a fragment of the said transactions to the exchange amounts to creating a parallel market outside the recognized stock exchange mechanism. Such transactions avoid transparency requirements, do not contribute to the price discovery and deprives many investors of the benefit of the best possible price. It also militates against the basic concept of the stock exchanges which is meant to bring together a large number of buyers and sellers in an open manner. These trades also avoid the prudent regulatory controls and market safety measures like payment of ma

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