sebi:BM/AO-92/2010

SEBI · SEBI · 2004-09-20 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violations established; penalties imposed of Rs. 10,00,000 under section 15HA and Rs. 6,00,000 under section 15A

Provisions invoked

• s. 11
• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 12
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3

Parties

• Shri P Y Jhala

Holding

The Noticee, Managing Director of MEL, was held to have violated Regulations 3(b), 4(1) read with 4(2)(k) and (r) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by making false and misleading statements regarding the company's performance, and Sections 11(3), 11C(2) and 11C(3) of the SEBI Act by failing to comply with summonses issued by the Investigating Authority.

Full text

2 total volume of 5721123 shares. During the fall period, the scrip was traded on 51 days with total volume of 1520486 shares.

3 that the sales for the quarter April to June 2003 was shown as Rs. 13.5 crore as they had undertaken trading activity i.e. they had purchased steel and copper from the open market and sold to another company at a higher price. The Noticee further stated that the price of steel was rising and the company wanted to take advantage of the price rise. He further stated that the entire trading transaction was cancelled and as a result in the subsequent quarters the sales went back to normal and thereafter the company stopped trading. It is observed that the sale for the entire year 2003-04 was Rs.1.62 crore only. MEL further stated in its letter that the Company had good orders on hand based on verbal communication received from the customers but could not execute the orders due to lack of working capital.

4 Practice relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations”). 9. Further the Investigating Authority (IA) appointed by SEBI issued summons more than once to the Noticee (along with an annexure listing information/documents sought) under Section 11 (3), 11 C (2) and 11 C (3) of the SEBI Act, requiring the Noticee to furnish his trading details and that of the promoters/directors in the scrip of MEL and offer comments on the statements made in the quarterly results of MEL. The summons were delivered to the Noticee but allegedly the Noticee failed to provide/produce the desired information/documents to the IA.

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