sebi:DT/AO/01/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; monetary penalty imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 200
Parties
- S.P.J. Stock Brokers Private Limited
Holding
The noticee was held to have violated Regulation 4(1), 4(2)(a), (b), (e), (g) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 and Clause A(1) to (5) of the Code of Conduct under Regulation 7 of the Stock Brokers Regulations, 1992, and was imposed a penalty of Rs. 25,000 under Section 15HA and Rs. 25,000 under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Full text
2. The top 10 brokers on BSE together bought 6,54,008 shares (65.52%) of the market volume, out of which PAS Securities bought 1,48,875 shares (17.75%), Systematix Shares & Stocks Ltd. bought 73,763 shares (9.01%) and Bharti Thakkar India Securities (P) Ltd. bought 42725 shares (6.12%). The top 10 brokers on BSE together sold 6,75,343 shares (64.12%) of the market volume, out of which JCL Securities sold 121000 shares (17.03%), PAS Securities sold 69742 shares (7.46%), and Systematix Shares and Stocks Ltd. sold 74752 shares (7.37%). Similarly, the top 10 clients together bought 5,39,963 shares (48.7%) of the market volume, out of which Manju Kedia bought 1,00,948 shares (9.10%), SPJ Stock Brokers Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “noticee/SPJPL”) bought 80,257 shares (7.24%) and Amit Pandya bought 69,722 shares (6.29%). The top 10 clients together sold 5,11,031 shares (46.10%) of the market volume, out of which Manju Kedia sold 96,469 shares (8.70%), SPJ Stock Brokers sold 80,257 shares (7.24%) and Amit Pandya sold 84,150 shares (7.59%). Since the noticee had traded in the shares of TWPL at BSE only, my observations are confined to trading activities at BSE.
fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 (herein after referred to as the “PFUTP Regulations”) and Regulation 7 read with Clause A(1) to (5) of Code of Conduct specified under Schedule II of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “Stock Brokers Regulations”). In view of the above, adjudication proceedings were initiated.
“group” of brokers and clients which had engaged in the manipulative trade practices. There was also no evidence to suggest any nexus between the noticee and its counter party brokers or clients.
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