sebi:AO/SPV/69/2012

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-08-06 · Piyoosh Gupta, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violation of Clause 4.2 of Part A, Schedule I under Regulation 12(1) of PIT Regulations

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 12

Parties

• Madhusudhan Rao Bidurukontham

Holding

The Noticee, a designated employee of Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., violated Clause 4.2 of Part A, Schedule I under Regulation 12(1) of PIT Regulations by entering into opposite transactions in the company's shares and by taking positions in stock futures of the company. A penalty of Rs. 1,00,000/- was imposed under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act.

Full text

AO order/ Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals/MRB Page 2 (Noticee) who was the Chief Operating Officer - Global Generics & a designated employee of the company had allegedly traded in the stock futures of the company and also entered into opposite transactions i.e. buy or sell of shares of the company during the next six months following the prior transaction.

AO order/ Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals/MRB Page 3 Noticee had, vide e-mail dated October 17, 2012, sought 4 weeks time for filing reply. The Noticee was informed vide letter dated October 25, 2012 that the request for extension of time has been partially acceded to and the reply, if any, should reach the AO on or before November 05, 2012. The Noticee vide e- mail dated November 05, 2012 has submitted the reply. Subsequently the Noticee was, vide Notice dated November 07, 2012 advised to appear before the AO for personal hearing on November 19, 2012. At the request of Noticee, the hearing date was postponed to November 20, 2012. The Noticee’s representative appeared for personal hearing and made

AO order/ Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals/MRB Page 4 account. The sell details reiterating this point is enclosed as Annexure 1 to this letter.

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