sebi:ASK/AO-78/2014-15

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-04-16 · A. Sunil Kumar, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs 2,00,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 151

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 200
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 3(c)
• Reg. 3(b)
• Reg. 4(2)(a)
• Reg. 3(d)

Parties

• M/s Yes Investments (Sole Proprietor: Shri Vishal Kishore Bhatia)

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by indulging in BAIT and SWITCH manipulation and was held liable for penalty of Rs 2,00,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Yes Investments August 27, 2014 Page 2 of 20 during the period when its previously placed huge buy orders were pending and that it executed majority of the buy transactions after cancelling previously placed huge buy orders which were away from market price. Similarly on 5 scrip days the noticee had placed huge sell orders away from market price and that the majority of its buy transactions were executed when it had placed above mentioned huge sell orders. Investigation further revealed during the time slot wherein majority of the selling transactions were executed by the noticee, its concentration to market pending orders was significant on buy side. It was further noted during the investigation that the buy orders placed by the noticee (which were placed significantly below the market prices and subsequently deleted) were with fully disclosed quantities whereas the sell orders were placed at partially disclosed quantities.

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Yes Investments August 27, 2014 Page 3 of 20 rule 4 of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and imposing penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as „Rules‟) to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against it in terms of rule 4 of the Rules read with section 15I of SEBI Act, 1992 and penalty be not imposed under section 15HA of SEBI Act, 1992 for the violations specified in the SCN. The copies of the documents relied upon in the SCN were provided to the noticee along with the SCN.

Adjudication order in respect of M/s Yes Investments August 27, 2014 Page 4 of 20 2) At the outset, we deny the allegations and state that all transactions done by us in the aforesaid Scrips were done with good intentions and following ethical business practices as normally followed by any market participant. We strongly deny that we have followed any fraudulent or unfair trade practices as alleged.

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