sebi:AO/SBM/EAD-1/03/2019

SEBI · SEBI · 2018-05-29 · SURESH B MENON, ADJUDICATING OFFICER

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• M/s Amrit Foods Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

The Noticee, M/s Amrit Foods Pvt. Ltd., was held to have violated Regulations 3(a), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing reversal/non-genuine trades in the illiquid Stock Option segment of BSE, thereby creating artificial volume, and a penalty of Rs. 8,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Page 2 of 16 resulted into creation of artificial volume to the tune of 826.21 crore units or 54.68% of the total market volume in the Stock Option segment of BSE during the investigation period. In view of the large scale reversal of trades that were observed in the illiquid Stock Option segment at BSE, it is alleged that these trades were non-genuine in nature.

Page 3 of 16 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING AND REPLY 5. Show Cause Notice ref. SEBI/HO/EAD-1/25287/2018 dated August 27, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as 'SCN') was issued to the Noticee in terms of Rule 4 of the Adjudication Rules requiring the Noticee to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against it and why penalty, if any, should not be imposed on the Noticee under the provisions of section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Page 4 of 16 2 ADPW15APR45.00CEW1 0.90 1000000 1.90 1000000 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 ALLD15APR60.00CEW1 5.10 400000 8.80 400000 100% 50% 100% 29% 4 ANBK15APR70.00CEW1 4.94 1456000 8.84 1456000 50% 29% 31% 22% 5 FEDB15APR120.00CEW1 8.25 200000 13.00 200000 100% 13% 100% 41% 6 GMRI15APR13.00CEW1 1.40 3595816 2.40 3595816 100% 100% 100% 100% 7 GMRI15APR14.00CEW1 1.25 1834600 1.80 1834600 100% 100% 100% 100% 8 HDIL15APR95.00CEW1 5.00 160000 8.00 160000 100% 22% 100% 54% 9 HNDL15APR125.00CEW1 3.00 124000 7.05 124000 100% 100% 100% 100% 10 IDBI15APR70.00CEW1 2.25 1000000 5.00 1000000 100% 40% 100% 99% 11 IOBL15APR42.00CEW1 0.05 1000000 1.00 1000000 100% 40% 100% 25% 12 IOBL15MAR38.00CE 2.25 2452000 3.50 2452000 100% 100% 100% 100% 13 NHPC15APR16.00CEW1 2.50 2000000 3.50 2000000 100% 6% 100% 18% 14 PTCI15APR70.00CEW1 3.25 248000 4.25 248000 100% 100% 100% 100% 15 RCOM15APR55.00CEW1 3.50 150000 5.50 150000 100% 100% 100% 100% 16 SAIL15APR65.00CEW1 3.10 620000 8.00 620000 100% 17% 100% 42% 17 TATP15APR70.00CEW1 5.90 496000 8.90 496000 100% 100% 100% 100% iii. From the above table, it may be observed regarding the dealings of the Noticee:-  Noticee has allegedly executed non- genuine trades in 17 contracts, wherein in all these contracts, except 1 contract, all the trades that had been executed by the Noticee were allegedly non- genuine trades.  Number of trades of Noticee, which are alleged to be non-genuine, have contributed significantly when compared with the total number of trades

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