sebi:Order/AS/VC/2022-23/25158-25168

SEBI · SEBI · 2000-03-01 · Asha Shetty, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violations established against all 11 Noticees under Regulation 29(1) read with 29(3) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011; violations established against Noticee no. 5 and 6 under Section 2(i) read with Sections 13, 16 & 18 of SCRA, 1956; monetary penalty imposed under Section 15A(b) of SEBI Act, 1992 and Section 23H of SCRA, 1956

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 11
• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 12
• s. 13
• s. 16
• s. 15J
• s. 12A
• s. 15F
• s. 28A
• s. 2(1)
• s. 18
• s. 23
• s. 23H
• s. 29A
• s. 17

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 13
• Reg. 11
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 199
• Reg. 2(1)(e)
• Reg. 2(1)
• Reg. 29(1)
• Reg. 29
• Reg. 22
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 12
• Reg. 29(3)
• Reg. 201
• Reg. 2(1)(q)
• Reg. 2(l)(e)(2)
• Reg. 2(1)(e)(l)
• Reg. 2(J)(e)
• Reg. 2(J)(e)(2)
• Reg. 2(1)(1)

Holding

All 11 Noticees were held to have violated Regulation 29(1) read with Regulation 29(3) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011 by failing to disclose their shareholding as persons acting in concert (PAC) exceeding 5%, and Noticee no. 5 and 6 were held to have violated Section 2(i) read with Sections 13, 16 & 18 of SCRA, 1956 read with SEBI Notification G.S.R 184 (E) dated March 1, 2000 for non-conforming spot delivery contracts. Monetary penalties were imposed under Section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act, 1992 and Section 23H of SCRA, 1956.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of Superspace Infrastructure Limited Page 2 of 47 of Surabhi Chemicals and Investments Limited (now known as Superspace Infrastructure Limited) (hereinafter referred to as “SIL/SCIL/the Company”) for the period August 1, 2012 to January 6, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as “Investigation Period”). The focus of the investigation was to examine the following: a) Whether there were any disclosure violations under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992/2015 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 1992/2015”) and/or (can be deleted) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011”) during the period of investigation. b) Whether there were any violations of provisions of Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as “SCRA, 1956”) by entities mentioned in Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs);

Adjudication Order in the matter of Superspace Infrastructure Limited Page 3 of 47 APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER 3. In view of the above, SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings and appointed Shri Prasanta Mahapatra as the Adjudicating Officer vide order dated March 02, 2022, under section 15-I of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act, 1992’) and Rule 3 of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Adjudication Rules’) read with section 19 of the SEBI Act, 1992 to inquire into and adjudge under: a) Section 15A (b) of the SEBI Act, 1992 for the alleged violations by the Noticees of Regulation 29 (1) read with 29 (3) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011; and b) Section 15A (b) of the SEBI Act, 1992 and under section 23H of the SCRA, 1956 for the alleged violations by the Noticee no. 5 and 6 of Section 2(i) read with Section 13, 16 & 18 of the SCRA, 1956 read with SEBI notification G.S.R 184 (E) dated March 1, 2000. Pursuant to the transfer of erstwhile Adjudicating officer Shri Prasanta Mahapatra, the instant matter vide order dated June 06, 2022, was transferred to the undersigned.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Superspace Infrastructure Limited Page 4 of 47 5. The details of the delivery and the mode of delivery of the SCN to the Noticees is given below: Table No. 1 Sr. No. Entity SCN Delivery status: Yes / No Mode of the delivery 1 Noticee no. 1 Yes SPAD* 2 Noticee no. 2 Yes SPAD 3 Noticee no. 3 Yes SPAD 4 Noticee no. 4 Yes SPAD 5 Noticee no. 5 Yes Newspaper publications** 6 Noticee no. 6 Yes SPAD 7 Noticee no. 7 Yes SPAD 8 Noticee no. 8 Yes SPAD 9 Noticee no. 9 Yes SPAD 10 Noticee no. 10 Yes SPAD 11 Noticee no. 11 Yes SPAD * Speed post Acknowledgement Due is referred to as SPAD. ** Published in The Times of India (English), Pratahkal (Hindi) and Prahar (Marathi) in Mumbai edition on December 30, 2022.

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