sebi:BM/AO-61/2011

SEBI · SEBI · 1997-10-14 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established but no monetary penalty imposed; case disposed of

Provisions invoked

• s. 13
• s. 16
• s. 15
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 18
• s. 23
• s. 17
• s. 16(1)
• s. 18(1)
• s. 18(2)

Parties

• M/s Nirma Industries Ltd

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer held that the off-market purchase of 38,09,300 GHCL shares on 10/10/1997 was not a spot delivery contract and violated sections 13, 16 and 18 read with section 2(i) SCRA, but declined to impose any monetary penalty under section 23H SCRA.

Full text

2 observed that there was a substantial dealing in the shares of GHCL on the part of some entities suspected to be connected or related to Nirma group. It was observed that large numbers of shares of GHCL were allegedly acquired mainly through five AOPs (Association of Persons). The following were the five AOPs who dealt extensively in the scrip of GHCL. No. Association of Persons (AOPs)

3 said transactions were made after 5 days from the date on which the deal actually took place and allegedly these transactions were not spot deals as per section 2 (i) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SCRA’) and allegedly the Noticee thereby violated section 13, 16 and 18 read with section 2 (i) of the SCRA. Consequently the above violation makes the Noticee liable for monetary penalty under section 23 H of the SCRA.

4 10, 1997 aggregating to 38,09,300 shares of Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Limited cannot be regarded as transactions executed pursuant to stock broking activity. It is not necessary for such a transaction to be executed only on the floor of the Stock Exchange and therefore, we are unsure as to the relevance of the contents of Paragraph 7 of the Show Cause Notice to proceedings against us. ¾ As regards Paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Show Cause Notice, the allegation in the Show Cause Notice is that funds were received by Sanjana Consultancy on October 15, 1997, whereas SEBI’s conclusion seems to be that the “Contract Note” being dated October 10, 1997, there was a delay of 5 days in payment. We have already stated that we are unclear as to which notification under Section 13 of the SCRA is being relied upon for the purposes of the Show Cause Notice. In any event, please note that the definition of the term “spot delivery contract” under Section 2(i) of the SCRA does not place any reliance on the date of the alleged Contract Note, but instead governs the date of delivery of securities and the date of payment of the price therefor. The Show Cause Notice does not make any allegation or even a reference to the date of delivery of the securities. ¾ It is respectfully submitted that we delivered cheques dated October 14, 1997 i.e. we made payment effectively on that date. Please note that October 11, 1997 and October 12, 1997 were a Saturday and Sunday respectively. On October 13, 1997, i.e.

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