sebi:BM/AO-138/2010

SEBI · SEBI · 2010-03-02 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Proceedings disposed of without imposition of penalty; Noticee absolved of both allegations.

Provisions invoked

• s. 11
• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 12
• s. 13
• s. 11C
• s. 18
• s. 23
• s. 23H
• s. 19(1)
• s. 18(1)

Parties

• M/s Sanjana Consultancy

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer absolved the Noticee of the allegation of violating Section 19(1) of the SCRA Act and of the allegation of non-compliance with summons under Sections 11C(2), (3) and (5) of the SEBI Act, and declined to impose any penalty under Section 15A(a) of the SEBI Act and Section 23H of the SCRA Act.

Full text

2 2. SEBI conducted investigation into the alleged irregularity in the transactions in the shares of GHCL and possible violation of the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’) and various rules and regulations made there under. During the investigation it was observed that there was a substantial dealing in the shares of GHCL on the part of some brokers and clients suspected to be connected or related to Nirma group.

3 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING AND REPLY 6. Show Cause Notice No. EAD-6/BM/RSL/14623/2010 dated August 02, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as “SCN”) was issued to the Noticee under Rule 4 of the SEBI and SCRA Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against the Noticee and penalty be not imposed under sections 15 A (a) and 23 H of the SEBI and SCRA Act respectively for the alleged violations specified in the SCN.

4 provisions of Section 11C of the SEBI Act in this regard. We have in any case stated that we are not a capital market intermediary or a stock exchange or a person associated with the capital market, and therefore, Section 11C .of the SEBI Act would not be of any application. ¾ We humbly submit that no adverse inference ought to be made against in connection with the observation contained in Paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 of the Show Cause Notice. These paragraphs, in any case, do not lead to us being regarded as a stock exchange for purposes of invoking Section 19( 1) as has been done in Paragraph 10 of the Show Cause Notice. ¾ Without prejudice to the foregoing, we have made certain submissions in connection with the provisions of Sections 13 and 18 of the SCRA in the following paragraphs. ¾ At the outset we wish to humbly submit that we are unclear as to the basis on which the aforesaid provisions have been invoked for purposes of the Show Cause Notice. The Show Cause Notice does not specify whether any of the powers conferred upon SEBI and the Stock Exchanges under Sections 13 and 16 of the SCRA have been invoked in order to make any notification of the nature specified in these Sections. No such notification has been referred to in the Show Cause Notice. Therefore, we humbly submit that the Show Cause Notice is vague and ambiguous and therefore, incapable of a cogent and specific response. ¾ To be more elaborate, Section 13 empowers the Central Government to declare that Section

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