sebi:EAD-7/BD/NR/2019-20/5815-5821
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Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 11
- s. 15
- s. 19
- s. 12A
- s. 12
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 28A
- s. 15I(1)
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 200
- Reg. 3(a)
Parties
- Sanghvi Group (Sonal Sanghvi, Rajiv Sanghvi, Rajiv Sanghvi-HUF, Sanjay Sanghvi, Dipti Mehta)
- Kalpana Group (Nilesh Kapadia, Kalpana Kapadia)
Holding
The order finds that the Sanghvi Group and Kalpana Group indulged in front-running of HDFC Group's trades, violating Section 12A(a), (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act and Regulations 3(a)-(d) and 4(1) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003. The noticees traded ahead of HDFC's orders using advance information from Nilesh Kapadia (an HDFC dealer) and squared off by matching HDFC's trades for profit.
Full text
Adjudication Order in the matter of front-running of HDFC Group’s trades by Sanghvi Group& Kalpana Group Page 2 of 42 referred to as 'Sanghvi Group') and Nilesh Kapadia and Kalpana Kapadia (collectively referred to as 'Kalpana Group') allegedly indulged in front-running of HDFC Group’s trades, and thereby violated the provisions of Section 12A (a), (b) and (c) of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter, referred to as “SEBI Act”), Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and 4(1) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the "PFUTP Regulations, 2003").
Adjudication Order in the matter of front-running of HDFC Group’s trades by Sanghvi Group& Kalpana Group Page 3 of 42 of Dipti Mehta viz., the buy traded quantity, buy average rate, sell traded quantity and sell average rate in five instances. It is observed that Dipti Mehta is connected to Sanghvi group.
Adjudication Order in the matter of front-running of HDFC Group’s trades by Sanghvi Group& Kalpana Group Page 4 of 42 either in the same scrip. Subsequently, Nilesh Kapadia started buying the shares for HDFC in the same scrip through various brokers. The Sanghvi group entities sold the shares in their same trading accounts, to square-off the trades (buy). Most of the Sanghvi group entities sell was matched with HDFC’s buy.
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