sebi:Order/MC/VS/2021-22/12351

SEBI · SEBI · 2018-05-31 · Maninder Cheema, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs.6,00,000 imposed on Noticee

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 6
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 4(2)(a)

Parties

• Kewal Chand Jain

Holding

The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing non-genuine reversal trades in illiquid stock options and is liable to monetary penalty of Rs.6,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Kewal Chand Jain in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Options on the BSE Page 2 of 13 difference in the sell value and buy value of the transactions. The aforesaid reversal trades allegedly resulted into generation of artificial volumes by the aforesaid clients and counterparties, leading to allegations that the Noticee had violated Regulation 3(a),(b),(c),(d) and Regulation 4(1), 4(2)(a) SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trading Practices related to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter, referred to as “PFUTP Regulations, 2003”).

Adjudication Order in respect of Kewal Chand Jain in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Options on the BSE Page 3 of 13 generating artificial volumes in the Stock Options Segment of BSE during the Investigation Period. (b) The Noticee is alleged to have engaged in 66 such reversal trades in 31 unique contracts, which led to generation of alleged artificial volume of 27234000 units, between February 25, 2015 and June 12, 2015. (c) The trades entered by the Noticee were reversed on the same day with same counterparties at a substantial price difference without any basis for significant change in the contract price which indicates that these trades are artificial and are non-genuine in nature. (d) A summary of dealings of the Noticee in the 31 Stock Options contracts in which the Noticee allegedly executed non-genuine reversal trades during the Investigation Period, provided in the SCN is reproduced below:- 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 1 AXIS15MAR640.00CE 0.95 125000 24.45 125000 100% 26% 2 AXIS15MAR660.00CE 8.00 300000 23.50 300000 100% 59% 3 GAIL15MAR400.00CE 5.00 400000 15.95 400000 100% 71% 4 HDIL15APR110.00PEW4 0.05 284000 1.80 284000 100% 92% 5 HDIL15JUN130.00CEW3 0.05 384000 1.35 384000

Adjudication Order in respect of Kewal Chand Jain in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Options on the BSE Page 4 of 13 6. By indulging in execution of the aforesaid non-genuine reversal trades, the Noticee was alleged to have violated regulations 3(a),(b),(c),(d), 4(1), 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003, the text of which has been reproduced below:-

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