sebi:Order/DD/LP/2021-22/15327

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-04-30 · Deepali Dixit, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation of Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of PFUTP Regulations established; penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 11C
• s. 28A

Regulations

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

Parties

• Vivek Rungta – HUF (PAN: AADHV5385E)

Holding

The Noticee was found to have violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing a reversal trade in illiquid stock options contract LUPL15MAR1860.00CE on March 20, 2015, which created artificial volume of 33,500 units, and a penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock options on the BSE Page 2 of 26 3. Vivek Rungta – HUF (PAN: AADHV5385E) (hereinafter referred to as “Noticee”) was one of the various entities who indulged in the execution of alleged non- genuine trades in the stock options segment at BSE during the above referred investigation period. Such trades were observed to be non-genuine in nature and created false or misleading appearance of trading in terms of artificial volumes in illiquid stock options at BSE and therefore, alleged to be manipulative, deceptive in nature and thus, allegedly violated Regulation 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and 4(1), 4(2) (a) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices related to the Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations”). In view of the above reasons, adjudication proceedings have been initiated against the Noticee under the provisions of section 15HA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’).

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock options on the BSE Page 3 of 26 6. The allegations levelled against the Noticee in the SCN are summarized as below:

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock options on the BSE Page 4 of 26 S. No. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (Rs.) Total Buy Volume (No. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (Rs.) Total Sell Volume (no. of units) % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Noticee’s Total Volume in the Contract % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Total Volume in the Contract

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