sebi:Order/PB/AS/2021-22/12812

SEBI · SEBI · 2020-10-28 · Parag Basu, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed on Noticee under section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act, 1992

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 13
• Reg. 12

Parties

• Subodh Kumar Khandelwal

Holding

The Noticee, as a promoter of Delta Leasing & Finance Ltd, failed to make disclosures mandated under regulation 13(4A) and 13(5)(b) of the PIT Regulations, 1992 read with regulation 12 of the PIT Regulations, 2015, in respect of share acquisitions dated June 24, 2013 and June 27, 2014, and a penalty of Rs 1,00,000/- was imposed under section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication order in respect of Subodh Kumar Khandelwal in the matter of Delta Leasing & Finance Ltd Page 2 of 15 adjudge under section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act, 1992, the alleged violation of provisions of regulation 13(4A) and 13(5)(b) of the PIT Regulations, 1992 read with regulation 12 of the PIT Regulations, 2015. Thereafter, the present proceedings were transferred to Shri K Saravanan, conveyed vide communique dated October 28, 2020, and further, to the undersigned, conveyed vide communique dated July 14, 2021.

Adjudication order in respect of Subodh Kumar Khandelwal in the matter of Delta Leasing & Finance Ltd Page 3 of 15 Name Date No of shares Acquired/ disposed of * No of shares Acquired/ disposed of (as % of paid up capital)* Value of transaction (Rs.) Subodh Kumar Khandelwal 24-Jun-13 200000 1.72 8310000.00 27-Jun-14 33900 0.29 8186850.00 Note: * (-) figures indicate disposal of shares and +ve figures indicate acquisition of shares

Adjudication order in respect of Subodh Kumar Khandelwal in the matter of Delta Leasing & Finance Ltd Page 4 of 15 delay is a mitigating factor which has to be considered while imposing a penalty under section 15J of the SEBI Act. The overall quantum of trades by the Noticee during the period of investigation accounted for 2.01% of the total No. of shares. It is very pertinent to put forth that the miniscule /negligent quantum of buy trades by the Noticee cannot be said to be fraudulent or manipulative. That, all the trades executed by the Noticee were genuine transactions with a specified purpose of consolidating his holding which is evident from the fact that he had only buy transaction during the investigation period. The fact that no sales transactions were made by the Noticee shows that the intention of the Noticee was not to indulge insider trading. The Noticee had consistently complied with all the requirements of law including the SEBI Act, Regulation and Rules and the SEBI Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations, 1992. The Noticee had been regular in submitting all the required information in physical format to the Stock Exchange on time as per mandatory requirements. In view of the above submissions, all the alleged defaults may be condoned and no

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