sebi:BM/AO-42/2012

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

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Facts / Headnote

Noticee absolved of all charges; no monetary penalty imposed; case disposed of.

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Utpalkumar Anilkumar Mukhopadhya

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer absolved the Noticee of charges 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 imposed no monetary penalty.

Full text

2 front entities. Thus, 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 with their front entities.

3 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.

4 7. Now the issues that arise for consideration in the present case are : a. Whether the Noticee was a Director of KKTL during the investigation period? b. Whether the Noticee 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? c. Does the violation, if any, on the part of the Noticee attract monetary

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