sebi:BM/AO-140/2013
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Facts / Headnote
Violation of Regulation 3(i) held established; penalty of Rs.13,98,264 under Section 15G(i) imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15J
- s. 307
- s. 12
- s. 4A
Regulations
- Reg. 199
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 3(i)
- Reg. 2
- Reg. 2(c)
- Reg. 2(e)
- Reg. 12
- Reg. 2c
Parties
- Mr. Ashish P Patel
Holding
The Noticee, Managing Director/Promoter of Radhe, traded while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information in violation of Regulation 3(i) of the PIT Regulations, 1992 and is liable to monetary penalty under Section 15G(i) of the SEBI Act, quantified at Rs.13,98,264 being three times the profit of Rs.4,66,088.
Full text
2 touched a high of `.165.35 on May 7, 2008 and closed at `. 157.70 on May 7, 2008. 3. The company made the following corporate announcement during the investigation period. Copy of the announcement received by BSE and ASE on: Announcement. Price movement in the scrip of Radhe.
3 5. Investigation further observed that the ‘Model Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading for Listed Companies’ (hereinafter referred to as the “Model Code of Conduct’) states that the trading window should be closed during the time the information is unpublished. The code of conduct framed by the company Radhe observed that the trading window would be closed only for four hours prior to the happening of the BoDs meeting. Investigation alleged that the model code of conduct of the company allows the directors/officers/designated employees to trade in the shares of the company even on the day of the BoDs meeting as happened in the instant case. Hence, investigation alleged that the model code of conduct of the company is faulty and framed in a manner to allow the directors/officers/designated employees of the company to trade in the shares during the time the price sensitive information is unpublished.
4 the model code of conduct in absolute incongruity with the one prescribed under the PIT Regulation which were not in terms of the spirit of the Regulations. Hence, in view of the above, it is alleged that the Noticee violated regulations 12 (1) & (3) of the PIT Regulations, 1992.
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