sebi:EAD/PM-AA/AO/17-20/2017-18

SEBI · SEBI · 2017-10-04 · Prasanta Mahapatra, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalties imposed for established violations

Provisions invoked

• s. 21
• s. 15H
• s. 27
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 23A
• s. 27(1)

Regulations

• Reg. 2
• Reg. 12(2)

Parties

• Blue Circle Services Limited
• Shri Anil Purohit
• Shri Dhruva Narayan Jha
• Shri Pravin Sawant

Holding

Noticee nos. 1, 2 and 3 violated Clause 2.1 of Schedule II under Regulation 12(2) of PIT Regulations, 1992 and Clause 36 of the Listing Agreement read with Section 21 of SC(R) Act, 1956, and Noticee no. 4 violated Clause 3.2 of Schedule II under Regulation 12(2) of PIT Regulations, 1992, and monetary penalties were imposed accordingly.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of Blue Circle Services Limited Page 2 of 14 Narayan Jha (‘Noticee no.3’) and Shri Pravin Sawant (‘Noticee no.4’) held the following position in the company: Shri Anil Purohit Chairman and Managing Director Shri Dhruva Narayan Jha Executive Director Shri Pravin Sawant Compliance Officer

Adjudication Order in the matter of Blue Circle Services Limited Page 3 of 14 referred to as “SEBI Act”) read with rule 3 of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalty by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Adjudication Rules’) and 23I of SC(R) Act, 1956 read with rule 3 of Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalty by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘SCR Rules’) to inquire into and adjudge under section 15HB of the SEBI Act and 23A(a) SC(R) Act, 1956, the alleged violations of Clause 2.1 of Schedule II under Regulation 12(2) of PIT Regulations, 1992 and Clause 36 of the Listing Agreement read with Section 21 of SC(R) Act, 1956 by Noticee no.1, 2 & 3 and Clause 3.2 of Schedule II under Regulation 12(2) of PIT Regulations, 1992 by Noticee no.4. Subsequently, vide order dated October 04, 2017, I have been appointed as Adjudicating Officer in place of Ms. Anita Kenkare in the present matter. SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, REPLY AND PERSONAL HEARING

Adjudication Order in the matter of Blue Circle Services Limited Page 4 of 14 inspection of documents. Vide letter dated August 11, 2016, Noticees were requested to send by August 19, 2016 the list of documents that they desire to inspect. However, no reply was received from the Noticees, except from Noticee no.1 vide its letter dated August 29, 2016.

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