sebi:BM/AO-133/2013

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-01-25 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Noticee not held guilty; no monetary penalty imposed; case disposed of

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Rajshekhar Shankar Ganigar

Holding

The Noticee, an independent non-executive director of Jaybharat and KSL, was not held guilty of violating Section 12A(a), (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act and Regulation 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(f) of the PFUTP Regulations, and no monetary penalty was imposed.

Full text

Page 2 of 6 party payments to certain brokers as consideration for purchase of shares of BoR by related/ connected companies from the market. Thus, it was alleged that the shareholding of the promoters of BoR with persons acting in concert (PACs) had increased from 46.80% in June 2007 to 63.15% in December 2009. It was alleged that while the promoters conveyed the impression that they were reducing their shareholding, they did not dilute their controlling stake in BOR. On the contrary they had actually increased their holding in a deceptive manner with the active collusion of their front entities and allegedly made wrong disclosures to the exchange.

Page 3 of 6 asked to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against him and penalty not be imposed under Section 15 HA of the SEBI Act for the alleged violations specified in the SCN.

Page 4 of 6 as a director of the above named company, was alleged to have violated Section 12 A (a), (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act and Regulation 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(f) of the PFUTP Regulations.

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