sebi:MO/24/MIRSD/06/06

SEBI · SEBI · 2003-07-23 · Dr. T.C. Nair, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Cancellation of certificate of registration of the broker as recommended by the Enquiry Officer

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12(1)
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 6
• Reg. 5(1)
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 21

Parties

• M/s Bansal Sharevest Services Ltd.

Holding

The broker, M/s Bansal Sharevest Services Ltd., was found to have violated multiple provisions of the SEBI Act, SCRA, and SEBI/NSE regulations including executing illegal trades outside the exchange mechanism, acting as an unregistered sub-broker, and failing to issue contract notes. The penalty of cancellation of the broker's certificate of registration was imposed as recommended by the Enquiry Officer.

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. 1.1  M/s Bansal Sharevest Services Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the ‘broker’) is a member of National Stock Exchange, (hereinafter referred to as ‘NSE’) and Uttar Prades Exchange (UPSE) 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, 19 Registration Numbers INB231064339, INF231064339 and INB101064336. 1.2  An Inspection of the Books of Accounts, Documents and other records maintained by the broker was carried out by SEBI during July 21 – 23, 2003. 1.3 Subsequent to inspection, an ad-interim order dated July 23, 2003 was passed by SEBI against the broker prohibiting him from dealing in securities, pending enquiry, for the r stated therein. 1.4      Accordingly, an Enquiry Officer was appointed vide Order dated September 30, 2004 under Regulation 5(1) of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Enquiry by Enquiry Officer and Im

2.4 It has been alleged that the following unaccounted and illegal trades were done by the broker outside the Exchange mechanism on 22.04.2003 as no order numbers and Trade n were generated automatically. Date Trade No. Trade time Party Scrip Qty Rate Buy/ Sell 22.04.03 0 0 Bansal NIIT 2500 130.44 Buy 22.04.03 0 0 Self NIIT 2500 130.44 Sell

The EO found that the data maintained by the broker indicated that the above transactions were executed by the broker outside the exchange. Further, if any of the transactions were executed as regular and official trades, the same would have official data. Hence, there was no reason for the broker to maintain such data in his p unofficial note book. Maintenance of such data clearly shows that said data pertain to the unofficial and illegal trades executed by the broker outside the normal Stock Ex mechanism. The broker submitted that the handwritten sheet as enclosed with the show cause notice is not a copy of books of the sub broker and rough note book on wh broker normally instantly write down important things just for memory. The name of the client, scrip and quantity pertain to the orders for a particular day from the clients, wh or may not be executed on the terminals for any reasons.  I note that from the broker’s reply that he does admit that the handwritten notes pertain to orders from clients. note from the above table that the scrips names are highly liquid ones such as Reliance, ITC, Telco etc. It is therefore not justifiable that the scrips could not be executed terminals. In case, it is to be inferred that the client cancelled the order, then there should have been a corresponding cancellation remark in the event of the order n executed. However, this is not the case. Hence the broker’s reply in itself is a contradiction i.e. while he admits that the notings perta

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