sebi:MO/119/MIRSD/01/06

SEBI · SEBI · 2003-04-17 · Madhukar, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Warning issued to the broker; directed to be more cautious in future

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 6

Parties

• M/s Kaynet Finance Ltd

Holding

SEBI warned M/s Kaynet Finance Ltd for irregularities observed during inspection (delay in issuance of contract notes, non-serially pre-printed contract notes, missing PAN, discrepancies in bills/registers, and non-charging of brokerage to one client) and directed it to be more cautious in future.

Full text

1.1 M/s Kaynet Finance Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the ‘broker’) is a member of National Stock Exchange, Mumbai (hereinafter referred to as ‘NSE’) and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI’) as a Stock broker under Section 12 of SEBI Act, 1992 with Registration Number INB230673830. 1.2 An Inspection of the Books of Accounts, Documents and other records maintained by the broker for the period April 1, 2000 to September 30, 2002, was carried out by M/s. Kirtane & Pandit, Chartered Accountants appointed by SEBI vide letter no.SMD/DBA-1/Pre-Insp/AK/14877/2002 dated August 6, 2002. During the inspection, certain irregularities found to have been committed by the broker were observed. 2.0 ENQUIRY PROCEEDINGS 2.1 The Inspection Report was forwarded to the broker on completion of inspection. After considering the broker’s reply dated 17.4.2003 an Enquiry Officer was appointed vide Order dated 16.7.2004 under Regulation 5(1) of SEBI (Procedure for Holding enquiry by enquiry officer and imposing penalty) Regulations, 2002 (hereinafter referred as the ‘said regulations’) to enquire into the alleged irregularities committed by the broker which were observed during the inspection. 2.2 A Notice dated 22.6.2004 was issued to the broker under Regulation 6 (1) of the said regulations. The broker submitted its reply vide letter dated 22.7.2004 and appeared for a personal hearing on 29.12.2004 before the Enquiry Officer. The enquiry

3.0 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE AND THE BROKER’S SUBMISSIONS 3.1 A copy of the Enquiry Report was sent to the broker along with a show cause notice dated 25.4.2005, in terms of Regulation 13(2) of the said Regulations calling upon it to show cause as to why appropriate penalty including the penalty as recommended by the Enquiry Officer should not be imposed on it. 4.0 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES 4.1 I have carefully considered the findings of the Inspection, Enquiry and the

4.5 With regard to the allegation that brokerage was not charged to one of its clients, the broker submitted that with the exception of certain instances in settlement nos.2000017, 2000052 and 2000053 only to one client, all the contract notes were issued to clients and brokerage was charged to all clients. Considering the

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