sebi:1300702785629

SEBI · SEBI · G. N. Bajpai, Chairman, SEBI

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Facts / Headnote

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

Provisions invoked

• s. 4(3)
• s. 19(1)
• s. 19

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 199
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 4B

Parties

• Shri Ashok Kumar Poddar

Holding

Shri Ashok Kumar Poddar was debarred from associating with securities market activities and from buying, selling or dealing in securities directly or indirectly till completion of investigation.

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account of Ketan Parekh entities. There was or has been no bar as to with which or what or on whose account a broker is transacting unless there is a specific circular to bar. These are also no question of concealing the dealings of the clients and giving wrong declaration to CSE. The transaction entered into by the noticee has duly been recorded with the CSE. There had always been adequate margin with CSE at the relevant period/s and the smooth and fair functioning of the market has/have never been interfered with. l The noticee has always maintained its due status and dignity in the stock exchange to which he is / was a member. The noticee has always been maintaining high standard of integrity, prompt trade and fairness in course of his business. The noticee has never adopted any means to create any false market either singly or in concert with others or indulged in any act detrimental to the inversion interest or which lead to interference with the fair and smooth functioning of the market nor acted in any unreasonable manner. l The noticee has also not indulged in the off floor transactions at huge volumes as alleged or at all. The noticee states and says that whatever transaction the noticee has made was in the usual course of share and stock business. The noticee has also not created or intended to create a parallel market out of the recognized stock exchanges or any other mechanism outside the recognized one. The noticee had maintained adequate margin with the stock ex

Himachal Futuristic, Global Tele, Satyam Computers and Zee Tele during the period March 2000 to March 2001as per the data furnished by Shri Ashok Kumar Poddar is as follows.

As per the data provided by Shri Ashok Kumar Poddar transactions amounting to around Rs. 6655 Cr. were executed by him on behalf of Ketan Parekh entities. However, From the data provided above, it appears that Shri Ashok Kumar Poddar had made wrong declaration to CSE and thereby concealed the trading done by him on behalf of clients including Ketan Parekh entities. By concealing the dealings of the clients including KP entities and by giving wrong declarations to the CSE, Shri Ashok Kumar Poddar has not only avoided compliance with the prudential exposure limits and margin requirements of CSE prevailing during the relevant period of time, but he 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. As stated above, 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 b

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