sebi:MO/32/ISD/12/03

SEBI · SEBI · 2003-09-08 · A K Batra, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Certificate of registration suspended for a period of 6 months

Provisions invoked

• s. 19

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 199
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 13
• Reg. 4(a)

Parties

• M/s Renu Poddar

Holding

The certificate of registration of M/s Renu Poddar was suspended for 6 months for indulging in off-market deals and for receiving and paying funds to fellow brokers without corresponding transactions in securities.

Full text

2 alleged that the member violated SEBI Circular SMDRP/POLICY/CIR- 32/99 dated 14th September, 1999 which was notified by CSE to its members vide its notice dated 16th September 1999. Further, it was alleged that such transactions are irregular and are prohibited under Regulation 4 of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to securities market) Regulations, 1995 and are also in violation of Clause A(1) (4)&(5) of the Code of Conduct as specified in Schedule II read with Regulation 7 of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Regulations, 1992 and Rule 4(b) of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Rules 1992. b) That the member made payments/received funds from other members of CSE, without corresponding transactions in securities. It was therefore alleged that the member carried out business other than that of securities, which is prohibited under Rule 8(1)(f) of SC(R) Rules, 1957.

3 5. The member vide letter dated 23.09.2003 replied to the said show cause notice dated 08.09.2003. In the said reply, the member admitted her lapses and stated that her acts has neither generated any grievances from the investor nor was of any harm to the market. She requested for warning or censure instead of suspending for six months.

4 14.09.1999 banned all negotiated deals, cross deals etc. which include Off- the-floor transactions also. In the said circular it had been notified that all negotiated deals shall be permitted only if the said deals are executed on the screens of the Exchange i.e. the price and order matching mechanism of the Exchange like any other normal trade. It was explained in the said circular that the above decision was taken as negotiated deals avoid transparency requirement, do not contribute to price discovery and investors do not have benefit of the best possible price and militate against the basic concept of the stock exchanges which are meant to bring together a large number of buyers and sellers in an open manner. 6.3 In view of the above, the member should not have executed off the floor transactions otherwise than through the trading mechanism of the exchange. This is in violation of SEBI Circular SMDRP/ Policy/CIR-32/99 dated 14/09/1999. In fact, the CSE notified the SEBI circular 14.09.99 on the off market trades to its members vide its notice dated 16.09.99. 6.4 Further, I find from the above instances that the quantity and value of such transactions are also quite high. Off market deals do not lend transparency and distort the true price discovery process in the regular market since the investors would not be aware of the large scale unauthorized transactions taking place outside the market system which if executed on the screen based system would have an impact on the

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