sebi:PB/AO-01/2018

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-04-27 · Parag Basu, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation found; monetary penalty imposed jointly and severally

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 15J
• s. 15F

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 7(1)
• Reg. 13
• Reg. 2(1)(e)
• Reg. 13(1)
• Reg. 7(2)
• Reg. 201
• Reg. 35
• Reg. 15

Parties

• Mr. Anand Kumar Chaurasia
• Ms. Chanda Chaurasia
• Mr. Kamal Kishore Chaurasia
• Mr. Navneet Chaurasia

Holding

The noticees, acting as persons acting in concert, violated regulations 7(1) read with 7(2) of SAST Regulations, 1997 read with regulation 35 of SAST Regulations, 2011 by failing to disclose acquisition exceeding 5% and are liable for monetary penalty under section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act, with Rs. 8,00,000 imposed jointly and severally.

Full text

Page 2 of 19 2. It was alleged that (i) Mr. Anand Kumar Chaurasia, (ii) Ms. Chanda Chaurasia, (iii) Mr. Kamal Kishore Chaurasia and (iv) Mr. Navneet Chaurasia (hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘noticees’) had violated regulations 7(1) read with 7(2) of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares & Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as “SAST Regulations, 1997”) read with regulation 35 of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares & Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as “SAST Regulations, 2011”) and therefore, liable for monetary penalty under section 15 A (b) of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act”). APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

Page 3 of 19 6. The noticees submitted the identical replies dated September 19, 2012. The gist of the replies submitted by the noticees is as under:  The noticees belonging to the same family but they have separate kitchens and separate sources of income and investment and on the basis of mere common address of all the noticees it can not be concluded that they are connected.  The noticees have not shared the income from RCFL with each other.  The noticees have not acted in the form of a company for the shares of RCFL.  The noticees may have common investment advisor, common depository participant or a common broker because they belong to the same family. However, they did not disclose the income/investment to each other.  The noticees did not act in such a way to control RCFL and had never participated in the business activities of RCFL.  The noticees did not hold in their individual capacity more than 5% of the total paid up capital of the Company.

Page 4 of 19 8. The Authorized Representatives of the noticees appeared for the hearing on January 15, 2016. During the course of hearing the Authorized Representatives reiterated the submissions made by all the noticees vide letters dated September 19, 2012 and December 11, 2015. During the course of hearing Authorized Representatives of the noticees were advised to submit the demat statement of all the noticees during the period from January 2007 to March 2007 and the family connection amongst the noticees. The Authorized Representatives of the noticees requested 15 days time to submit the reply to the queries raised during the course of hearing. Acceding to the request of the Authorized Representatives of the noticees, 15 days time was granted to submit the aforesaid information. The Authorized Representative of the noticees Mr. Vikas Bengani vide email dated February 03, 2016 informed that Dr. S.K. Jain’s brother expired on January 17, 2016 and he was busy in performing rituals at native place in Uttar Pradesh and requested to provide 15 days time to submit the reply which was acceded to. The identical replies dated February 12, 2016 were received from the noticees wherein the noticees reiterated the submissions made by Authorized Representatives of the noticees and denied that they have violated the provisions of regulation 7(1) read 7(2) of SAST Regulations, 1997 read with regulation 35 of SAST Regulations, 2011 and further denied that they have acted in concert with ea

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