sebi:ORDER/AO/SBM/2022-23/17645

SEBI · SEBI · 2013-03-28 · Suresh B Menon, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for insider trading under Section 15G(i) of the SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15G
• s. 15J
• s. 307
• s. 28A
• s. 377

Regulations

• Reg. 12(1)
• Reg. 199
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(i)
• Reg. 2
• Reg. 2(e)
• Reg. 12
• Reg. 201
• Reg. 9
• Reg. 2(c)(i)

Parties

• Ashish Patel

Holding

The Noticee, as Managing Director and Compliance Officer of RDIL, purchased 25,885 shares of RDIL while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI) regarding the company's financial results, thereby violating Regulation 3(i) of the PIT Regulations and attracting penalty under Section 15G(i) of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Page 2 of 27 observed that during the above referred investigation period, Noticee was the Managing Director (MD) and the Compliance Officer of RDIL.

Page 3 of 27 4. Accordingly, an adjudication order dated March 28, 2013 was passed against the Noticee imposing a penalty of Rs. 13,98,264/- under Section 15G(i) of the SEBI Act. Aggrieved by the said Adjudication Order dated March 28, 2013, the Noticee filed an appeal before the Hon’ble SAT in the matter and vide Order dated February 13, 2014, Hon’ble SAT remanded the matter back to the Adjudicating Officer and, inter alia, held that: “Accordingly, impugned

Page 4 of 27 pertinent to mention here that the SCN also alleged the violation of Regulations 12 (1) & (3) of the PIT Regulations by the Noticee along with the company and other directors and the same are dealt through a separate adjudication order.

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