sebi:Order/BM/LD/2021-22/14708

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

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on Noticee for violation of PFUTP Regulations

Provisions invoked

Regulations

Parties

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulation 3(a), (b), (c) & (d) and Regulation 4(1) & 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing non-genuine reversal trades in illiquid stock options at BSE, generating artificial volume, and a penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjudication Order in respect of Ashok Kumar Khandelwal & Others 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 volume (no. of units) Total Volume in the Conrtract % of Non- genuine trades of the Noticee in the contract to total trades in the contract % of Artificial volume generate d by Noticee in the contract to total volume in the contract

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjudication Order in respect of Ashok Kumar Khandelwal & Others HUF 4 | P a g e in the matter of dealings in illiquid Stock Options at BSE (c) There was no warning or any observation about the scrips in stock options which were executed by the Noticee. No grievance /complaint by any investor, broker, stock exchange or any other agency concerned with respect to its dealing in the option segment on BSE. (d) The observation regarding the stock options being illiquid is incorrect. Even assuming by any stretch of imagination the stock options were illiquid, then any small quantity or volumes would look significant as there are no active traders in the said stock option. (e) For the transaction to be termed fraudulent, as per the definition of “fraud” , there has to be an “inducement” and SEBI has not even alleged inducement. (f) All transactions have been carried out on the online trading platform of stock exchange. (g) There is no nexus, directly or indirectly with the alleged counterparty. No prior meeting of minds with broking entities as well as their clients nor any contemporaneous knowledge about any alleged wrongdoing. (h) The total number of alleged non-genuine trades is miniscule 0.000685%. Hence it is erroneous to allege that our trade created artificial volume on BSE. The trades were done in the normal course of trading and all the receipts and payments of t

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