sebi:AK/AO-105/2015
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on the Noticee for non-compliance with SEBI Circular no. MIRSD/SE/Cir/19/2009 dated December 03, 2009 and Code of Conduct for stock brokers
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15I
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 7
Parties
- M/s. Kisan Ratilal Choksey Shares and Securities Pvt. Ltd.
Holding
The Noticee was found to have violated SEBI Circular no. MIRSD/SE/Cir/19/2009 dated December 03, 2009 and clauses A(2) and A(5) of the Code of Conduct for stock Brokers by failing to settle the running accounts of its clients during the inspection period (April 2011 to September 2012), and a penalty of Rs. 35,00,000 was imposed under section 15HB of the SEBI Act.
Full text
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication Order in the matter of M/s. Kisan Ratilal Choksey Shares and Securities Pvt. Ltd. Page 2 of 49 15HB of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’).
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication Order in the matter of M/s. Kisan Ratilal Choksey Shares and Securities Pvt. Ltd. Page 3 of 49 September 2013. The same fact has also been mentioned by the Noticee's internal auditor; e) That the Noticee had settled all the inactive accounts during the quarter ended June 2013 & quarter ended September 2013 and that the internal auditor in its report for half year ended September 2013 had mentioned that they had complied with the observations made in SEBI’s Inspection Report; f) That based on the Noticee's submission, the inspecting officials had concluded that during the inspection period i.e. April 2011 to September 2012, the Noticee had not settled 21 accounts for the aggregate amount of Rs. 5.64 crores for the top 20 credit balances clients who had traded during the quarter. However, these clients were regular traders and hence they had kept the credit balance with the Noticee for pay‐in and margin obligations. If the pay‐in obligations, margin obligations and T date CM turnover are
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication Order in the matter of M/s. Kisan Ratilal Choksey Shares and Securities Pvt. Ltd. Page 4 of 49 l) That the Noticee has never received any investor grievance for the non settlement of the client’s accounts; m) That deficiencies noticed are technical or procedural and unintentional and do not involve any fraudulent action on their part.
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