sebi:DSR/AO-32/2008
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Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 15
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
Parties
- Shri Rajkumar C. Basantani
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer held that Shri Rajkumar C. Basantani violated Regulation 3(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the FUTP Regulations by making false and misleading advertisements about KBL's bonus issue and board meetings in order to increase the price of KBL shares, constituting a manipulative device/scheme/artifice to defraud investors.
Full text
Page 2 of 44 Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred as ‘said Rules’) to enquire into and adjudge upon the alleged violations committed by Shri Rajkumar C. Basantani (hereafter referred to as the ‘noticee’ or ‘Shri Basantani’). Pursuant to the transfer of Shri Amit Pradhan to NRO, I was appointed as Adjudicating Officer vide
Page 3 of 44 6. I have perused the entire material available on record. KBL came out with public issue of 60 lakhs of Rs 10/- each at par aggregating to Rs 6 crores in the year 1997. The shares were listed on Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. [hereinafter referred to ‘BSE’] and Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Ltd. [hereinafter referred to as ‘ASE’] on April 25, 1997. Presently, the trading in KBL’s shares is suspended at the stock exchanges with effect from October 11, 2004 for non-compliance of various clause of listing agreement. Subsequent to the public issue, company had on February 28, 2002 split the shares from Rs 10/- per share to Re 1/- per share. KBL’s share was admitted on National Securities Depository Ltd. [hereinafter referred to as ‘NSDL’] on March 4, 1999 and on February 4, 2000 on Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. [hereinafter referred to as ‘CDSL’].
Page 4 of 44 2004-05 dated August 27, 2004 submitted a copy of its report of the snap investigation. 10. After examining the BSE report, to protect the interest of the investors SEBI, vide its interim order dated September 30, 2004, had issued
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