sebi:MO/108/MIRSD/01/06

SEBI · SEBI · 2005-04-21 · Madhukar, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Warning imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 200

Parties

• M/s. Sunidhi Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

The Whole Time Member agreed with the Enquiry Officer and imposed a minor penalty of warning on Sunidhi Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. for incomplete KYC records and improper contract notes, directing it to be more cautious and adhere to the SEBI Act and regulations in future.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ ORDER UNDER REGULATION 13(4) OF SEBI (PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING ENQUIRY BY ENQUIRY OFFICER AND IMPOSING PENALTY) REGULATIONS, 2002, AGAINST SUNIDHI CONSULTANCY SERVICES PVT. LTD., MEMBER, NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE, SEBI REGISTRATION NO. INB230676436. 1.0             BACKGROUND

1.1 M/s. Sunidhi Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the broker”) is a member of National Stock Exchange, (“NSE”) registered with SEBI as a stock broker under section 12 of SEBI Act, 1992 with SEBI Registration No. INB230676436. 1.2 Inspection of the books of accounts, documents and other records of the broker was carried out by SEBI for the period April 2002 to March 2003 and certain irregularities found to have been committed by the broker were observed. 2.0 ENQUIRY PROCEEDINGS 2.1 In view of the above, an Enquiry Officer (EO) was appointed vide SEBI Order dated November 21, 2003 under Regulation 5(1) of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Enquiry) Regulations, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the “said Regulations”) to inquire into the irregularities observed during the inspection of books of accounts of the broker. The EO after conducting the enquiry in terms of the said regulations submitted his report on 24.03.05 recommending for imposition of a minor penalty of warning on the broker. 2.2 A copy of the Enquiry Report was sent to the broker on 04.04.05, in terms of Regulation 13(2) of the said Regulations, advising it to show cause as to why appropriate penalty including the penalty as recommended by the Enquiry Officer should not be imposed. 2.3 The broker replied vide letter dated 21.04.05 and reiterated the submissions made before the EO at the time of personal hearing and requested to consider the said lapses as technical omissions only. The broker fu

3.1 I have carefully considered the findings of inspection, Enquiry and the submissions made by the broker. Though the inspection report lists a number of violations alleged to have been committed by the broker, the EO has found the broker guilty of two violations, as under : a) Not-maintaining/obtaining of statutory forms/records It was alleged that the broker had failed in maintaining statutory records. The broker submitted that only in the case of Merry Jacob due to inadvertence, financial details were not filled in the Know Your Client Form. The broker stated that the said client was from Cochin and the lapse was on account of laxity of its Branch Manager. The broker further stated that on being brought to its notice, it has obtained the details thereof and the same has been incorporated. The EO found that the Know Your Client Form is a basic document by which the broker comes to know the exact standing of his client and therefore it is mandatory on the part of the broker to fill all the requisite columns of the KYC form. The EO further observed that though the lapse was of the Branch Manager, as far as responsibility was concerned, the onus lay on the broker. Since the broker had accepted its mistake the EO held the broker guilty of the said charge. b) Contract notes not in order It was alleged that the contract notes were not maintained properly by the broker. The broker submitted that the contract notes issued by it were computer generated and it had installed a comput

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