sebi:ISD/IPO/AO/DRK/MD/EAD-3/306/04/2012
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed under Section 15I of the SEBI Act, 1992 for violation of Section 12A of the SEBI Act and SEBI PFUTP Regulations
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 12A
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 199
- Reg. 200
Parties
- Smt. Roopal Nareshbhai Panchal
- Shri Arjav Nareshbhai Panchal
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer found the Noticees liable for fraudulent and unfair trade practices in connection with cornering shares reserved for retail investors across 16 IPOs during 2003-2005 through fictitious/benami demat and bank accounts, and imposed a penalty under Section 15I of the SEBI Act read with Section 15HA.
Full text
Page 2 of 30 accounts and bank accounts which were in the names of non-existent persons or were benami and they acquired shares of various companies in the IPOs by making applications in fictitious or benami names with each of the application being of such a value so as to make it eligible for allotment under the retail category. It was observed that, subsequent to the allotment of shares in IPOs, the shares from the demat accounts of such fictitious / benami allottees were transferred in the demat account of key operators / master account holders before the listing of such shares on stock exchange(s). The key operators then transferred the shares through off market deals to financiers of this scheme or arrangement to corner shares from the quota reserved for retail investors in the IPOs of various companies and in some cases they retained a portion of shares for themselves. The shares so retained by them were sold in the market with huge ill-gotten gains.
Page 3 of 30 9. Dishman Pharma & Chemicals Ltd. (DPCL) 10. Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.(SCTL) 11. FCS Software Solutions Ltd.(FSSL) 12. Shoppers Stop Ltd. (SSL)
Page 4 of 30 Acknowledgement Due” in terms of the provisions of Rule 4 of the SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 requiring them to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against them and why penalty, if any, should not be imposed on them under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992 for the alleged violation of the provisions of Section 12A of the SEBI Act; Regulations 3, 4 and 6 of the SEBI PFUTP Regulations 1995 and Regulations 3 and 4 of the SEBI PFUTP Regulations 2003.
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