sebi:Order/SBM/VS/2021-22/14888

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-04-26 · Suresh B Menon, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation found; penalty of Rs 5,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA of SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Aanya Developers Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee violated regulations 3(a), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing 6 non-genuine reversal trades in 2 illiquid stock option contracts at BSE creating artificial volume, and is liable to a monetary penalty of Rs 5,00,000 under section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

___________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Aanya Developers Private Limited in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 12 Noticee had executed the reversal trades, which were non-genuine in nature and have created false or misleading appearance of trading in terms of creation of artificial volume in the Stock Options segment at BSE and therefore, it is alleged that the Noticee has violated the provisions of regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and regulation 4(1), 4(2) (a) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to 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 15 HA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’). APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

___________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Aanya Developers Private Limited in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 12

___________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Aanya Developers Private Limited in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 12 d. There is no nexus, directly or indirectly with the counter party/parties or the brokers in our case and SEBI has not even alleged this. e. The Noticee trades did not influence the price/volume of underlying shares in cash segment. f. There has been no grievance/complaint by any investor, broker, stock exchange or any other agency concerned with respect to its dealing in the option segment of BSE. g. The Noticee also placed reliance upon decision of the Hon’ble Securities Appellate Tribunal in following orders: i. Jagruti Securities vs. SEBI [2008 SCC Online SAT 184 : 2008SAT 184] ii. S.P.J. Stock Brokers Pvt. Ltd. vs SEBI [2013 SCC Online SAT 67 : 920130 SAT 17] iii. Sanjay Agarwal vs. SEBI [Date of Decision May 18, 2012]

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