sebi:Order/BM/LD/2021-22/14464

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

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violation of PFUTP Regulations

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Ashok Kumar Khater HUF

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer held that Ashok Kumar Khater HUF violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing reversal/non-genuine trades in illiquid stock options at BSE, and imposed a penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjudication Order in respect of Ashok Kumar Khater HUF 2 | P a g e in the matter of dealings in illiquid Stock Options at BSE

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjudication Order in respect of Ashok Kumar Khater HUF 3 | P a g e in the matter of dealings in illiquid Stock Options at BSE Sl. no Contract name Avg. buy rate (Rs.) Total buy volume (no. of units) Avg. sell rate (Rs.) Total sell volum e (no. of units) Total Volume in the Contract

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjudication Order in respect of Ashok Kumar Khater HUF 4 | P a g e in the matter of dealings in illiquid Stock Options at BSE only a single transaction of purchase and that of sale and not a series thereof, has been taken into consideration. In cases of the nature indicted by the PFTUP Regulations, that is to say that the dealing which are fraudulent and unfair there has to be an element of mens rea which is conspicuously absent in the instant case. ii. It is respectfully submitted that as already indicated hereinabove, the noticee being a lay entity acted bonafide at the instance of the broker and there was no subjective awareness of the entity undertaking any prohibited act of deceipt. iii. It is respectfully submitted that non of the provisions of the PFTUP Regulations are applicable in the present case inasmuch as the noticee entity has acted with good faith and without malafide. iv. It is further submitted that the impugned trades were executed on the anonymous trading platform that is the floor of the exchange with due compliance with all the rules and regulations of the exchanges; v. It is respectfully submitted that the Noticee has no nexus either directly or indirectly with the counter party or its brokers or its clients and there is no allegation in the notice also to that effect. vi. It is evident from the notice itself that the total number of allegedl

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