sebi:MO/122/MIRSD/01/06

SEBI · SEBI · 2004-09-24 · Madhukar, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Warning

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 13(2)

Parties

• M/s. Victory Portfolio Ltd.

Holding

SEBI warned M/s. Victory Portfolio Ltd., member of NSE bearing SEBI Registration No. INB230781930, and directed it to be more cautious in future and to adhere to the SEBI Act, 1992 and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ Order against Victory Portfolio Ltd Jan 13, 2006 | Orders : Orders of Chairman/Members MO/122/MIRSD/01/06 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

1.1 M/s.Victory Portfolio Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the broker”) is a member of National Stock Exchange, Mumbai (“NSE”) registered with SEBI as a stock broker under section 12 of SEBI Act, 1992 with SEBI Registration No. INB230781930. 1.2 Inspection of the books of accounts, documents and other records of the broker was carried out by SEBI 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 December 5, 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 08.09.04 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 15.09.04, 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 vide letter dated 24.09.04 stated that its reply dated dated 31.5.04 already filed may be considered in support of its request to take a liberal view. 3.0 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES

3.1 I have carefully considered the findings of inspection, Enquiry and the submissions made by the broker and my observations are as under : a) Contract Notes not signed It has been alleged that the broker had not signed the contract notes in some of the cases on April 7, 2003. The broker replied that due to oversight only one contract note was not signed but the same bore the round stamp which was affixed on all contract notes. The said mistake was rectified by affixing the broker’s signature. The EO observed that though corrective steps were taken by the broker, it should have been cautious while issuing contract notes. b) Failure to segregate clients funds from own funds It was alleged that there was transfer of funds to and from the clients accounts for purposes like share application money, providing funds to sister concerns to overcome shortage etc. The broker submitted that during the period 8.7.02 to 8.8.02, it had received Rs.65,00,000 towards share application money. The broker admitted that it should have credited the money to own account and not to the client account. However, it had not utilized client funds or transferred money from the client account. The money was subsequently refunded from the client account itself. On the issue of providing funds to sister concerns the broker submitted that the inspecting authority had pointed out instances of payment of Rs. 2,00,000 and Rs. 3,50,000 to Clean Finance & Investment. The broker further submitted that the inspe

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