sebi:BM/AO-14/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Proceedings disposed of; no penalty imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 4(2)(a)
Parties
- Niche Technologies Private Limited
Holding
The allegation that Niche Technologies Private Limited violated regulations 4(2)(a) and 4(2)(e) of PFUTP by manipulating the scrip of BPL was not established, and the proceedings were disposed of without imposition of penalty under section 15HA of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 9 2. On analysis of the trading data obtained from CSE it was observed that four brokers viz. Basant Periwal and Co., Ahilya Commercial Pvt. Ltd., Ashok Kumar Kayan and Rajendra Prasad Shah had traded for 29,93,594 shares which constituted 85% of the total market volume in the scrip of BPL. The role of the brokers and the entities who had traded in the scrip of BPL was scrutinized. It was alleged that through collusion with the brokers and clients, shares of BPL were transacted in such a manner that led to creation of artificial volumes in the scrip and was designed to create a false market leading to significant price movement in the scrip.
Page 3 of 9 5. Subsequent to the transfer of Shri Piyoosh Gupta, Shri. V. S. Sundaresan was appointed as the Adjudicating Officer vide order dated November 19, 2007.
Page 4 of 9 • That in the past also similar notices for different entities were served at our office with Bagree Market address by SEBI and same were received by our receptionist. For those too we were called for by SEBI – ERO and had clarified our stand that as Bagree Market is a vast commercial market complex having 1500+ business entities existing therein and we being in the business of Registrar and Share Transfer Agent the highest volume of mail receipts takes place at our premises. It is also very regular that the Post man and different delivery persons from different courier companies do sometimes deliver mails bearing our address but are of different entities not belonging to our premises. Beside that, Bagree Market complex is divided into blocks and if the block number is not mentioned as part of the address then chances of confusion prevails as there are same room number existing for 3 to 5 offices of the same floor but in different blocks of that floor. Further more, if any mail comes from SEBI bearing our address than our person receives these mails without any question as we being SEBI registered intermediary. SEBI logo creates as impression that the mail is connected to us and in the process our person receives them. • That none of the following persons named in the notice ever used our premises for any business purpose or to conduct any of his business or any other activity: (i) Shri Hari Prasad Rathi. (ii) Shri Mohan Kumar Agarwal • That we have neither purcha
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