sebi:Order/AT/NT/2022-23/24646

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-07-06 · APARNA THYAGARAJAN, ADJUDICATING OFFICER

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violation of PFUTP Regulations, 2003

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 26

Parties

• BANSAL IMPEX (PAN – AANFB4683M)

Holding

The Noticee violated regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing non-genuine reversal trades in an illiquid stock option contract at BSE, creating artificial volume of 3,00,000 units constituting 100% of total market volume in that contract. A penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Bansal Impex in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 16 2. Pursuant to investigation, it was observed that a total of 2,91,744 trades comprising a substantial 81.40% of all the trades executed in stock options segment of BSE during the Investigation Period were non-genuine trades. It was observed that BANSAL IMPEX (hereinafter, referred to as “Noticee”), bearing PAN – AANFB4683M, was one among the various entities who indulged in execution of reversal trades in stock options segment of BSE during the Investigation Period.

Adjudication Order in respect of Bansal Impex in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 16 Section 15 I(1) and (2) of SEBI Act, 1992, and if satisfied that penalty is liable, impose such penalty as deemed fit in terms of Rule 5 of Adjudication Rules and Section 15HA of SEBI Act, 1992.

Adjudication Order in respect of Bansal Impex in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 16 7. From the above table, the following is noted as regard to the dealings of the Noticee: a. The Noticee had executed two trades in one unique contract, wherein all the trades of Noticee in the said contract were reversed with the same counterparty on the same day. b. The trades executed by the Noticee in the above contract had noticeable difference in the buy and sell rates considering that the trades were reversed on same day within 13 seconds, which indicates that these trades were non-genuine in nature. c. The entire volume (3,00,000 units) generated by the Noticee in the above contract was artificial volume, and further, the artificial volume generated by the Noticee also contributed to the entire volume in the market in said contract i.e. 100% of total market volume (3,00,000) in the said contract during the Investigation period.

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