sebi:PG/AO-82/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty of Rs. 50,000 imposed on Mehta Equities Ltd. under Section 15HB of SEBI Act for violation of Clause A(2) of Code of Conduct; manipulation/malpractice charges held not established
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 7
Parties
- Mehta Equities Ltd.
Holding
The Noticee violated Clause A(2) of the Code of Conduct for failure to exercise due diligence and is liable to Rs. 50,000 penalty under Section 15HB, while the allegations of manipulation and malpractice against the Noticee do not stand.
Full text
Page 2 of 16 BACKGROUND 3. It was observed that prior to the period of examination, the scrip of PEML was under suspension and same was revoked w.e.f. February 04, 2009. On the day of revocation the scrip opened at ` 50/- and closed at ` 33.01 with a volume of 1303 shares.
Page 3 of 16 8. Further it was observed that the total volume traded in the market was very low. Average trading volume per day was 6,177 shares during the examination period, which is 0.107 % (6177*100/57,79,700) of the total floating stock of the company and 0.381 % (6177*100/16,20,100) of the total dematerialized shares.
Page 4 of 16 category ‘B’ at BSE and not in ‘Z’, ‘TS’, or ‘T’ could not have provided any clue or indication at our end to have prevented such type of manipulation at the end of the sub- broker, who themselves being registered with SEBI should be well aware of SEBI’s provisions.
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