sebi:CO/82/IES/07/2003
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Facts / Headnote
Vinayak Investments, Shri Dharmendra Panchal and Shri Manish Radhanpura directed not to access the capital markets or deal in securities for a period of two years with immediate effect
Provisions invoked
- s. 4(3)
- s. 11
Regulations
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 4
Parties
- Vinayak Investments
- Shri Dharmendra Panchal
- Shri Manish Radhanpura
Holding
Vinayak Investments, Shri Dharmendra Panchal and Shri Manish Radhanpura acted in connivance with Gazi Securities and promoters of HJIL in violation of Regulation 4(a)(c) and (d) of the FUTP Regulations, 1995 and were debarred from the capital markets for two years.
Full text
3.1 I find that Shri Dharmendra Panchal was a proprietor of Vinayak who had given the power of attorney to Shri Manish Radhanpura who was carrying out all the activities on behalf of Vinayak including signing of cheques. Shri Panchal was found to have been not co-operative with investigation. Shri Manish Radhanpura has been found to be a cousin of Devendra Patadia, Director of HJIL. Also, the staff of HJIL had stated that Shri Manish Radhanpura was working at HJIL as a Manager, although, Mr. Radhanpura had denied having any connection with HJIL / its directors.
5. Therefore, from the above it is clear that during the period of Settlement 1996036 to Settlement no. 1997011, Vinayak had a net purchase of 5,92,800 shares of HJIL. Shri Manish Radhanpura the power of attorney holder of Vinayak had stated that Vinayak had purchased and sold the shares of HJIL on behalf of different clients. However, during the investigation Shri Radhanpura was unable to give the name of any client. No details regarding such clients was furnished by Vinayak, inspite of repeatedly asking for such details by way of letters / summons.
out. To gain the confidence of the financiers, the first tranche of shares were found to have been transferred in their names by these borrowers. For the entire transaction, the interest rate of approx. 24% per annum was agreed upon between the borrowers and financiers, although Samir Zaveri, a financier had stated that he had been approached by Ashwin Shah of Vinayak with the investment scheme giving 2.5-3% return on his investment.
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