sebi:Order/BM/JR/2023-24/28909

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

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established ex-parte; penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA of 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

• Navneet Jain

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing 42 non-genuine reversal trades in 9 illiquid BSE stock option contracts creating artificial volume, and a monetary penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 under Section 15HA of SEBI Act, 1992 was imposed ex-parte.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Navneet Jain in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 18 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 Navneet Jain 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 AUPL15MAY 1260.00CE 20 20000 45 20000 100 100 100 100 2 AXIS15MAY6 00.00CE 11.7 3 70000 14.8 70000 100 100 100 100 3 CARN15MAY 240.00CE 4 30000 9 30000 100 100 100 100 4 CENT15APR5 40.00PE 14 25000 17 25000 100 25 100 12.63 5 CENT15APR6 20.00CE 7.33 60000 16.6 7 60000 100 100 100 100 6 CENT15APR6 40.00CE 4.5 50000 14.5 50000 100 33.33 100 14.71 7 CESC15MAY6 20.00CE 13 50000 24.5 50000 100 66.67 100 71.43 8 CESC15MAY6 40.00CE 7.5 50000 17 50000 100 40 100 45.45 9 STAC15MAY 980.00PE 11.5 50000 41.5 50000 100 100 100 100

Adjudication Order in respect of Navneet Jain in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 18 generated by the Noticee in the above contract to the total volume from the market in said contract was in the range of 12.63% to 100%. Therefore, the Noticee allegedly generated artificial volume in the above contract.

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