sebi:AO/SPV/71/2012

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

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violation of PIT Regulations

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 12

Parties

• Senthil Kumar U. P.

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 the PIT Regulations by regularly taking positions in the derivative segment in the shares 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/Senthil Kumar Page 2 the Senior Vice President, Betalactams (Process) & designated employee of the company had allegedly traded in the stock futures of the company.

AO order/ Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals/Senthil Kumar Page 3 “I am a senior research professional and do not understand the transactions in shares. I had inadvertently entered into such transactions. I was not aware about the law that being a designated employee of the company, I was prohibited from entering into the purchase and sale of shares of orchid with in a period of 6 months or entering into derivative transactions in the shares of orchid.”

AO order/ Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals/Senthil Kumar Page 4 6. I find that the Noticee was a designated employee of the company during the relevant time. I further find that the Noticee was regularly taking positions in derivative segment while dealing in the shares of the company. The following table shows the details of trading done by the Noticee.

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