sebi:BM/AO-139/2011

SEBI · SEBI · 2010-11-09 · Barnali Mujherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed for violation of PFUTP Regulations

Provisions invoked

Regulations

Parties

Holding

The Noticee Rajnish Bhanwarlal Jain violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e) & (g) of the SEBI PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing synchronized and structured trades with connected entities (the Mehta Group) in the scrip of Asian Star Company Limited, and a penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 was imposed under section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Rajnish Bhanwarlal Jain in the matter of Asian Star Company Limited                                                               Page 2 of 18  indulged  in  circular/reversal  synchronized  trading  in  such  a  manner  that  led  to  creation of artificial volume in the scrips.

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Rajnish Bhanwarlal Jain in the matter of Asian Star Company Limited                                                               Page 3 of 18  from the Noticee. Noticee vide application dated December 28, 2010 filed consent  application. Hence,  the  adjudicating  proceeding  was  kept  in  abeyance  till  further  communication  was  received.    The  High  Power  Advisory  Committee  (HPAC)  in  its  meeting dated April 6, 2011 rejected the consent term proposed by the Noticee and  the  same  was  communicated  to  the  Noticee  vide  letter  dated  May  9,  2011.  Accordingly, the adjudication proceeding commenced from the stage it was kept in  abeyance.

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Rajnish Bhanwarlal Jain in the matter of Asian Star Company Limited                                                               Page 4 of 18

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