sebi:MO/181/MIRSD/02/2006

SEBI · SEBI · 1997-02-11 · Madhukar, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Minor penalty of censure imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 200

Parties

• Orbis Securities Ltd. (now known as India Bulls Securities Ltd.), Member, National Stock Exchange, SEBI Registration No. INB230875632

Holding

The Whole Time Member accepted the Enquiry Officer's findings with no substantive reason to differ and imposed the minor penalty of censure on Orbis Securities Ltd. (now India Bulls Securities Ltd.) for violations found during inspection for 01.04.2000 to 31.08.2002.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ Order Against Orbis Securities Ltd Feb 02, 2006 | Orders : Orders of Chairman/Members MO/181/MIRSD/02/2006 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 M/s. Orbis Securities Ltd. (now known as India Bulls Securities 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. INB230875632. 1.2 Inspection of the books of accounts, documents and other records of the broker was carried out by SEBI for the period 01.04.2000 to 31.08.2002 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 16, 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 21.06.05 recommending for imposition of a minor penalty of censure on the broker. 2.2 A copy of the Enquiry Report was sent to the broker on 30.06.05, 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 nil received in SEBI on 2.8.05 and requested that the minor penalty of censure for technical and procedural violations be discarded an

3.0 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES 3.1 I have carefully considered the findings of inspection, Enquiry and the submissions made by the broker and note significant points as under : a) Order time not entered in the contract notes The broker stated that the proforma prescribed for contract notes does not contain a column for time of placement of order. The broker submitted that the contract notes issued by them were in the format specified by NSE and at par with the standard format followed by the industry and participants. The EO observed that time of placement of order and time of execution are not one and the same. The order time relates to placement of order by the client and the trade time is one which refers to execution of the transaction by the broker. The EO therefore found the broker guilty of violating SEBI Circular No.SMD/POLICY/IECG/1-97 dated 11.2.97. b) Dealing with unregistered sub-brokers, Manjula Investments and Market Wizards The broker submitted that Market Wizards and Manjula Investments started trading as clients on 11.4.01 and 1.4.01 respectively. In November 2001, the broker came to know that they were working for other clients and immediately thereafter i.e. on November 7 & 8, 2001 the broker forwarded their application for registration as sub-brokers and since then they are registered with SEBI. The EO found the broker’s contention that he applied for registration after he came to know that these entities were trading for other clients contrary

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