sebi:Order/BM/LD/2021-22/14186

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-09-23 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Proceedings abated due to death of the Noticee; Show Cause Notice disposed of without going into merits

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H

Regulations

• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Shri Ashok Kumar Varshney

Holding

The adjudication proceedings against the Noticee were abated without going into the merits of the case, as the Noticee had passed away on 20/12/2020, and the Show Cause Notice dated October 20, 2021 was disposed of accordingly.

Full text

2 | P a g e 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and Regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trading Practices related to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter be referred to as, the PFUTP Regulations, 2003).

3 | P a g e b) That the Noticee engaged in 2 reversal trades ( 1 buy trade and 1 sell trade) in one (1) unique contract which led to generation of artificial volume in this unique contract. c) The trades entered by the Noticee were reversed on the same day with the 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. d) A summary of dealings of the Noticee in the 1 Stock Options contract in which the Noticee executed non-genuine reversal trades during the Investigation Period are as under: Table 1: Summary of trading of the Noticee in Illiquid Stock Options on BSE Sl. no Contract name Avg. buy rate (Rs.) Total buy volume (no. of units) Avg. sell rate (Rs.) Total sell volume (no. of units) Total Volume in the Contract

4 | P a g e 7. The Death Certificate attached with the email issued by the Nagar Swasthya Adhikari Karyalaya, Mukhya Chikitsa Adhikari Nodia, Department of Medical and Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh, shows that the Noticee had passed away on 20/12/2020. The death certificate was verified from the website of Nagar Swasthya Adhikari Karyalaya Mukhya Chikitsa Adhikari Nodia, Thus, the proceedings are against the acts of omission and commission of a person who is no more to face the charges. In this regard, it is worth mentioning that in Girijanandini Vs Bijendra Narain (AIR 1967 SC 2110), the Hon’ble Supreme Court held that in case of personal actions, i.e., the actions where the relief sought is personal to the deceased, the right to sue will not survive to or against the representatives and in such cases the maxim actio personalis moritur cum persona (personal action dies with the death of the person) would apply. It is also relevant to refer to the

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