sebi:Order/GR/AE/2019-20/6752

SEBI · SEBI · 2009-12-03 · G Ramar, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on the Noticee for violation of SEBI Circular and Code of Conduct provisions

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 9(f)

Parties

• Sunness Capital India Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

The Noticee, Sunness Capital India Pvt. Ltd., violated SEBI Circular No. MIRSD/SE/Cir-19/2009 dated December 3, 2009 and Clauses A(2) and A(5) of the Code of Conduct specified in Schedule II read with Regulation 9(f) of the Broker Regulations, and a penalty of Rs. 3,00,000/- was imposed under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of Sunness Capital India Pvt. Ltd. Page 2 of 10 Section 15-I of the SEBI Act, 1992 read with Rule 3 of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and imposing penalties) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as “AO Rules”) to inquire and adjudge under Section 15HB of SEBI Act, 1992 read with Rule 4 of AO Rules for the alleged violation of SEBI Circular No. MIRSD/SE/Cir-19/2009 dated December 03, 2009 read with Regulation 9(f) read with Schedule II of Code of Conduct as specified under Clauses A (2) and (5) the provisions of Stock Brokers Regulations. Pursuant to his transfer, Shri V S Sundaresan was appointed as Adjudicating Officer vide communication order dated August 13, 2019. On transfer of Shri. V S Sundaresan, the undersigned was appointed as AO vide communique dated December 26, 2019 to inquire and adjudge under Section 15HB of SEBI Act, 1992 read with Rule 4 of AO Rules for the alleged violations in the given matter.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Sunness Capital India Pvt. Ltd. Page 3 of 10 NSE Circular No.169/2013 dated October 29, 2013 read with the aforesaid SEBI Circular.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Sunness Capital India Pvt. Ltd. Page 4 of 10 dated January 21, 2020 the Noticee submitted the internal compliance audit report for the period April 2019-September 2019, in support of their claim stating that they had duly adhered to the regulations set by the regulator. The Noticee vide letter dated January 21, 2020 and January 31, 2020 also submitted that they had been settling few account of clients within the inspection period itself and as a proof of settlement of those accounts, they attached certain samples highlighting the settlement done by the Noticee and corresponding debit in their account ledger of the clients maintained by the Noticee. The Noticee also attached their bank statement showing corresponding amounts debited. The Noticee further submitted that till date they had no legal action taken against them by the regulator on any matter nor did they have any complaints from the clients in this regard. They further reiterated that once their new back office software was in place, they are maintaining and adhering to all compliances with effect from October, 2018. CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES AND FINDINGS

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