sebi:Order/MC/VS/2020-21/8762-8775

SEBI · SEBI · 2019-04-11 · Maninder Cheema, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violations of Section 12A of SEBI Act and PFUTP Regulations found established against Noticees; penalty proposed under Section 15HA

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(2)
• Reg. 200
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 4(2)(e)

Parties

• Mr. Dilip Sheth (Noticee No. 8)
• Mr. Alpeshkumar Pratapbhai Chaudhari (Noticee No. 9)
• Mr. Avinash C. Kapur (Noticee No. 10)
• Mr. Prashant Shantilal Kataria (Noticee No. 11)
• Mr. Lokesh Ramgopal Soni (Noticee No. 12)
• Ms. Niru Danajibhai Sumera (Noticee No. 13)
• Ms. Subhadraben Rameshchandra Shah (Noticee No. 14)

Holding

Noticees No. 1-14 violated Section 12A(a),(b),(c) and Regulations 3(a)-(d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a),(g) by circular/synchronised trades creating artificial volume, and Noticees No. 1-5 additionally violated Regulation 4(2)(e) by contributing to positive LTP/NHP, attracting penalty under Section 15HA.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of 14 entities in the matter of Vani Commercials Ltd. Page 2 of 31 9. Alpeshkumar Pratapbhai Chaudhari (PAN- ARPPC9647M) having address at 403 Kashmira Mahadedv ni Chali Junavadaj, Ahmedabad – 380013

Adjudication Order in respect of 14 entities in the matter of Vani Commercials Ltd. Page 3 of 31 No. 7”), Mr. Dilip Sheth (“Noticee No. 8”), Mr. Alpeshkumar Pratapbhai Chaudhari (“Noticee No. 9”), Mr. Avinash C. Kapur (“Noticee No. 10”), Mr. Prashant Shantilal Kataria (“Noticee No. 11”), Mr. Lokesh Ramgopal Soni (“Noticee No. 12”), Ms. Niru Danajibhai Sumera (“Noticee No. 13”) and Ms. Subhadraben Rameshchandra Shah (“Noticee No. 14”), (hereinafter together referred to as “the Noticees”) in the scrip of Vani Commercials Ltd. (“VCL” or “the Company”) during the the “investigation period” or the “relevant period” between May 26, 2017 and October 30, 2017.

Adjudication Order in respect of 14 entities in the matter of Vani Commercials Ltd. Page 4 of 31 31, 2017 and that connected entities of VCL were observed to be trading in the scrip of the company. b. Investigation revealed that between May 26, 2017 and October 30, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “the investigation period” or the “the relevant period”), the price of the scrip of VCL first increased from an opening price of Rs. 52.80 as on May 26, 2017 to a closing price of Rs. 56.15 on June 16, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “Price Rise Patch” or “Patch I”), and subsequently fell from an opening price of Rs. 57.20 on June 19, 2017 to a closing price of Rs. 11.85 on October 30, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “Price Fall Patch” or “Patch II”). c. The company had made a preferential allotment of 21,00,000 equity shares to 30 entities on June 27, 2014. Six out of the thirty preferential allottees sold 70.3% of their shares during the relevant period and made a profit in the range of Rs. 6,48,084 to Rs. 19,19,625. One of the promoters of the company, viz., Shilpa Bhatia, sold her entire shareholding in VCL during the relevant period. d. The price movement of the scrip of VCL at BSE, during and after the investigation period is summarized as follows:-

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