sebi:SD/AO/162/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Noticee found guilty; penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 imposed under Section 15A(a) of the SEBI Act
Provisions invoked
- s. 15A
- s. 15
- s. 15J
- s. 11C(6)
- s. 12
- s. 11C(2)
- s. 11C(5)
Parties
- M/s Dhamaka Trading and Construction Pvt. Ltd.
Holding
The Noticee was held guilty of violating Section 11C(2) read with Section 15A(a) of the SEBI Act for failing to appear before the Investigating Authority in compliance with three summons issued in 2006, and a penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 was imposed.
Full text
Page 2 of 14 3. M/s M/s Dhamaka Trading and Construction Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Noticee’) was one of the entities who has allegedly dealt to an extent of buying 30,702 shares in the scrip of MCL during the period of investigation through broker M/s UTI Securitires Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘UTISL’). For the purpose of further investigation, the Investigating Authority (hereinafter referred to as ‘IA’) sought various information and documents including details of demat a/c, bank a/c in relation to its dealings in the scrip of MCL, for which summons were issued to the Noticee. It is alleged that the Noticee failed to comply with the summons of IA for which SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘SEBI Act’) against the Noticee.
Page 3 of 14 into and adjudge under Section 15A(a)of the SEBI Act, the alleged violations of SEBI Act committed by the Noticee.
Page 4 of 14 further action is required by us in response to the aforesaid summons. (iii) … our directors are small investors / traders and are not aware of the seriousness of the summons issued by the investigating authority SEBI. The provisions of the SEBI Act, and the regulations made there under are so complicated and the implications of which were not understood by us. We did not have any intentions to hide any information or to defeat the investigation. (iv) … the failure, if any , on our part was neither intentional nor in defiance of any law but only due to ignorance no undue advantage was gained by us by not attending before the investigation authority, SEBI. (v)… the investigating authority has not issued any other letter requiring further information from us and/or by seeking further clarifications after submission of our letter dt 16/08/2006 along with annexure and also considering then fact that on the basis of the evidence available on record, the veracity of the information submitted by us has not been questioned by the authority, SEBI.
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