sebi:CO/458/IES/01/2003

SEBI · SEBI · 2002-11-20 · G. N. Bajpai, Chairman, SEBI

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Facts / Headnote

Debarred Shri M. Jayakumar and Ragavi Investments, in any capacity whatsoever, from associating with capital market related activities, dealing in securities, accessing the capital market and associating with any of the intermediaries in the capital market for a period of two years.

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 4(3)

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 12

Parties

• Shri M. Jayakumar
• Ragavi Investments

Holding

SEBI held that Shri M. Jayakumar of Ragavi Investments, along with Weldeal Shares Pvt. Ltd. (WSP), acted in concert in executing manipulative and fraudulent trades in JISCO shares on October 19, 2000, thereby violating Regulation 3 and Regulation 6(a) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices In The Securities Market) Regulations, 1995, and debarred them from the capital market for two years.

Full text

“ 1. As explained in my recorded statement under oath on May 23, 2002, the purchase and sales orders were placed under the instructions of Shri V Balasubramaniam of M/s. Weldeal Shares Pvt Ltd., for the reason stated in the statement.

2. WSP’s claim that the sell order placed by Shri M Jayakumar was a punching error, prima facie untrue since a client who places sell orders will be looking for the highest price available and will not place an order, at a price, which was 48.45% lower than the previous day’s closing price. Later, WSP reversed the positions by placing sell buy orders. These orders were placed at a price, which was 159% higher than the price at which M/s Weldeal had earlier sold the shares and thus incurring heavy losses.

the rate 50% lower to the last closing price for the shares quoted below Rs.10/-. Since the closing price of JISCO on the previous day was Rs.9.70, the lower limit was Rs.4.85 per share. Shri V. Balasubramanium had told Shri M Jayakumar to place a buy order at Rs.5/- per share. Similarly, in the afternoon, Shri V. Balasubramanium put a buy order for 1,10,000 shares and told Shri M Jayakumar to put a sell order for Rs.90, 000 shares at Rs.12.95 per share. Shri V. Balasubramanium did not possess any shares of JISCO when he put the sell order.

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