sebi:GG/AO-01/2010

SEBI · SEBI · 2009-08-13 · Geetha G, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation found; penalty of Rs 3.5 lacs imposed under Sections 15HA and 15HB

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 4(2)
• Reg. 4(2)(a)

Parties

• SISBL (Insight Share Brokers)

Holding

SISBL violated Regulation 4(2)(a) of the FUTP Regulations and Clauses A(2) and A(4) of the Stock Brokers Code of Conduct, and a penalty of Rs 3.5 lacs under Sections 15HA and 15HB of the SEBI Act was imposed.

Full text

2 2. On the basis of the findings of the investigations, SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings against the entity involved for allegedly violating the provisions of the (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practice Relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter to be referred to as “FUTP Regulations”) and the SEBI (Stock brokers and Sub- brokers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter to be referred to as “Stock Brokers Regulations”). I was appointed as the Adjudication Officer in the captioned matter to adjudicate upon the violations of the entity under the SEBI Act, the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to the Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 and the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 vide order dated 13.08.2009.

3 5. There was a significant spurt in the trading volume in the scrip during the ten trading days between 24.8.2005 and September 12, 2005. The trading details during the period 24.08.2005 to 12.09.2005 (Annexure II of SCN) show that SISBL had placed a total quantity of 53954058 shares on behalf of its client STCL. Based on Annexure II, it was stated that out of the total buy orders placed by SISBL on behalf of its client, only 3928001 shares got executed and this constituted merely 7.28% of the total valid orders. A large chunk of buy orders totaling to 39067740 shares were deleted. It was stated that about 72.4% of the total valid orders were deleted by SISBL acting as broker to its client STCL. During the said ten trading days, the number of shares deleted constituted 83.34% of the total buy orders deleted during the investigation period.

4 9. The figures in the table indicate that the volume and the price had increased significantly during the investigation period. The average trading volume went up drastically from 150577 to 1288393 during the 44 trading days of investigation as seen in the table.

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