sebi:Order/AK/DS/2025-26/32204

SEBI · SEBI · 2025-09-15 · Amit Kapoor, Adjudicating Officer

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Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 199
• Reg. 6
• Reg. 9
• Reg. 16(c)

Parties

• Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer found several allegations of violations of cyber security, IT governance, and Code of Conduct provisions established against the Noticee (including CPU utilization alert thresholds, change management approval, patch management approval, BCP-DR policy approval, password policy compliance, and super-admin password expiry), while finding the allegation regarding PowerShell blocking not established and taking a lenient view on certain allegations (RCA delay, change management, patch management, ISMS policy approval).

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited Page 2 of 42 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Adjudication Rules”) to inquire into and adjudge u/s 15HB of SEBI Act, the alleged violations committed by the Noticee.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited Page 3 of 42 (a) the stock broker holds the membership of any stock exchange; (b) he shall abide by the rules, regulations and bye-laws of the stock exchange which are applicable to him; (c) where the stock broker proposes change in control, he shall obtain prior approval of the Board for continuing to act as such after the change; (d) he shall pay fees charged by the Board in the manner provided in these regulations; (e) he shall take adequate steps for redressal of grievances, of the investors within twenty-one calendar days of the date of receipt of the complaint and inform the Board as and when required by the Board; (f) he shall at all times abide by the Code of Conduct as specified in Schedule II; and (g) he shall at all times maintain the minimum networth as specified in Schedule VI. (h) Every stock broker who act as an underwriter shall enter into a valid agreement with the body corporate on whose behalf it is acting as underwriter and shall abide by the regulations made under the Act in respect of the activities carried on by it as underwriter. (i) Every Stock Broker shall be entitled to act as an underwriter only out of its own net worth/funds as may be prescribed from time to time.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited Page 4 of 42 suggested framework, reasons for such deviations, technical or otherwise, should be provided in the policy document. The policy document should be approved by the Board / Partners / Proprietor of the Stock Broker / Depository Participants. The policy document should be reviewed by the aforementioned group at least annually with the view to strengthen and improve its Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience framework.

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