sebi:Order/BM/JR/2023-24/28350

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-11-12 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of ₹5,00,000 imposed under section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 11
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 26

Parties

• Nayan Tie-Up Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing 16 non-genuine reversal trades in 8 illiquid stock option contracts at BSE, generating artificial volume of 1,014,000 units, and a penalty of ₹5,00,000 was imposed under section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Nayan Tie-Up Private Limited in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 18 misleading appearance of trading in terms of artificial volumes in stock options and therefore were alleged to be manipulative, deceptive in nature. In view of the same, SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings against the Noticee for alleged violation of the provisions of Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations, 2003”).

Adjudication Order in respect of Nayan Tie-Up Private Limited in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 18 S. N o. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (Rs) Total Buy Volume (No. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (Rs) Total Sell Volume (No. of units) % of Non Genui ne trades of Notice e in the contra ct to Notice e's Total trades in the Contra ct % of Non Genui ne trades of Notice e in the contra ct to Total trades in the Contra ct % of Artificia l Volume generat ed by Noticee in the contrac t to Noticee' s Total Volume in the Contrac t % of Artificia l Volume generat ed by Noticee in the contrac t to Total Volume in the Contrac t 1 BHEL15JUL2 70.00CE 16 52000 9.8 52000 100 25 100 30.23 2 BIOC15JUL48 0.00PE 11.4 26000 3.7 26000 100 25 100 19.85 3 BOBL15JUL1 45.00CE 16 64000 9.8 64000 100 100 100 100 4 CENT15MAR 580.00CE 23 119000 2 119000 100 7.14 100 3.46 5 HDBK15MAR 1060.00PE 21 32000 7 32000 100 20 100 9.5 6 LNTF15AUG8 5.00PEW3 15.8 72000 9 72000 100 33.33 100 29.51 7 LNTF15JUL65 .00CE 8.1 100000 4.5 100000 100 12.5 100 13.81 8 MFSL15JUL2 70.00CE 11 42000 6.3 42000 100 33.33 100 39.25

Adjudication Order in respect of Nayan Tie-Up Private Limited in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 18 market in said contract was in the range of 3.46% to 100%. Therefore, the Noticee allegedly generated artificial volume in the above contract.

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