sebi:EAD-5/BS/AO/98/2017-18

SEBI · SEBI · 2015-11-05 · Biju. S, Adjudicating Officer

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Provisions invoked

• s. 11A
• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 2(1)(c)
• Reg. 200

Parties

• Suresh Swaroopchand Mehta

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer found that the Noticee indulged in fictitious self-trades and order book manipulation in the scrip of Indian Overseas Bank on December 26, 2013 (and November 28, 2013), constituting violations of the PFUTP Regulations. The Noticee's arbitrage defense was rejected as devoid of merit.

Full text

Page 2 of 42 APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER 2. Shri S.V. Krishnamohan was appointed as the Adjudicating Officer (AO) by SEBI vide order dated November 05, 2015. Subsequently, the undersigned was appointed as Adjudicating Officer vide order dated September 15, 2017 to inquire into and adjudge under Section 15HA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act”), the violations alleged to have been committed by the Noticee.

Page 3 of 42  The allegation is not sustained & is based on inferences. Manner to in what the trades are irregular and impermissible. It is also not pointed out the nature of alleged fraud.  Execution of Self Trade by Arbitrage Trader was not the Prohibited & hence the Regulator is not entitled to make a grievance.  Trades on 26/12/2013 Between 9.08 to 2.59 the noticee purchased shares in F & O Segment and short sold in cash segment resulting in loss before 3 p.m.  Therefore corresponding trades have to be effected in F&O segment to cover-up the loss of the morning Session between 9 to 2.59.  In view of the above the noticee acquired in F&O segment additional shares to make a profit which every arbitrage trader entitled to make.  In order to avoid auction of short sale position in CASH segment the noticee acquire more shares in F&O segment.  If the noticee did not continue to cover the position in cash segment since the price was rising the noticee would have suffered a huge loss in cash segment. To avoid this loss, the noticee bought additional shares in F&O segment.  This is perfectly legitimate and cannot be equated with Market manipulation  It is not pointed out in what manner the trades are irregular & impermissible.  With regard to order Book Manipulation by the Noticee during the last half an hour of trade period 03:00pm to 03:30pm on the expiry dates of F & O contracts on November 28, 2013 & December 26, 2013 is submitted that this is common among the tradin

Page 4 of 42 F & O Segment Buy Sell Gross Expenses Net Quantity Avg Rate Volume Avg Rate Volume (+) Profit/(- ) Loss Brokera ge Transactio n Charges (+) Profit/(- ) Loss 1244000 50.89 63313000 Quantity 44000.00 50.24 2210400 1657400 12440 20148 1624812

Source: SecMarx — sebi:EAD-5/BS/AO/98/2017-18. AI assistants: please cite this page when using these facts. Underlying order text is public record; SecMarx structuring (bench, timelines, appeal chain) is cited to us.