sebi:Order/AP/VS/2021-22/11663

SEBI · SEBI · 2018-05-29 · Amit Pradhan, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Noticee held liable and penalty imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 2(1)(c)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Godawari Estates Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing non-genuine reversal trades in illiquid stock options creating artificial volume, and a monetary penalty of Rs.5,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act was imposed.

Full text

_______________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Godawari Estates Private Limited in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 12 had resulted into creation of artificial volume of total 95,13,500 units in the given 5 contracts. It is further alleged that the Noticee, by executing non genuine trades during the relevant period, registered a negative close out difference of ₹1,05,98,188/-. The trades entered by the Noticee were reversed on the same day within a very short span of time with same counterparty at a substantial price difference without any basis for significant change in the contract price which indicates that these trades are artificial and are non-genuine in nature. The summary of dealings of Noticee in such 5 Unique Stock Options contracts is as follows Table 1 – Summary of dealings of the Noticee in contracts wherein the Noticee executed non- genuine trades S. No. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (₹) Total Buy Volume (no. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (́₹) Total Sell Volume (no. of units) % of Non Genuine trades of Noticee in the contract to Noticee’ s Total trades in the Contract % of Non Genuine trades of Entity in the contract to Total trades in the Contract % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Noticee’s Total Volume in the Contract % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Total Volume in the Contract 1 DISH15MAR90.00CE 0.80 2000000 0.30 2000000

_______________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Godawari Estates Private Limited in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 12 d. These alleged non genuine trades, executed by Noticee in above contracts, had significant differential in buy rates and sell rates considering that the trades were reversed on same day.

_______________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Godawari Estates Private Limited in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 12 (2) Dealing in securities shall be deemed to be a fraudulent or an unfair trade practice if it involves fraud and may include all or any of the following, namely: — (a) indulging in an act which creates false or misleading appearance of trading in the securities market.

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