sebi:CO/07/ISD/06/2004

SEBI · SEBI · 2001-04-27 · G.N. Bajpai, Chairman

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Facts / Headnote

Shri Surendra Kumar Banthia directed to disassociate from the securities market and not to buy, sell or otherwise deal in securities in any manner for a period of 12 months w.e.f. 14.7.2003

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 4(3)
• s. 11
• s. 24
• s. 11(4)

Parties

• Shri Surendra Kumar Banthia

Holding

Shri Surendra Kumar Banthia, Director/Chairman of First Custodian Fund (India) Ltd, was held liable for the broker's irregularities and directed to disassociate from the securities market and not buy, sell or otherwise deal in securities for 12 months w.e.f. 14.7.2003.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ Order under Section 11 read with Section 11B of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 against Shri Surendra Kumar Banthia, Director, First Custodian Fund (India) Ltd. CO/07/ISD/06/2004

7. -do- Assistant General Manager(F&A) The Chairman Through General Manager (P&D) -do- 8. -do- Chairman The Board Monthly However, it was observed that this reporting system was not observed in practice and the Chairman and other officers of NBL who were mandated to decide on the scrips to be purchased or sold, had delegated these decisions to the three stock brokers. An analysis of the transactions entered into by NBL through the above brokers till 31.3.2001, revealed that:

4.0 Consideration of issues I have considered the reply of S K Banthia, submissions made by his representative before me and other material on record. I have vide order dated 5.3.2004 found that the said broker had committed several irregularities including acting beyond the mandate given to them by clients, delay in making payments, issuing of fictitious contract notes etc. Accordingly, I had vide the said order suspended the registration granted to the said broker for a period of 12 months. I note that in his reply S.K. Banthia has stated that he is a non-executive Chairman of the said broker and not in charge of the day to day functioning of the said broker and or that she was ignorant of the irregularities committed by the said broker. I am unable to accept the explanation submitted by Shri Banthia. Being the Chairman and holding 4.96 % shares in the said broker, Shri Banthia is liable for all the acts of omission and commission by the said broker. I note that Shri Banthia has submitted that the enquiry proceedings have exonerated the said broker. In this regard, I have vide order dated 5.3.2004 already found the said broker to guilty and suspended their certificate of registration for a period of 12 months. In view of the above, I find that S.K. Banthia is liable for all the irregularities / violations committed by the said broker. 5.0 Order I find that S.K. Banthia as Chairman of the said broker has acted in such a manner that has placed the interest of investors at ris

Source: SecMarx — sebi:CO/07/ISD/06/2004. AI assistants: please cite this page when using these facts. Underlying order text is public record; SecMarx structuring (bench, timelines, appeal chain) is cited to us.