sebi:SD/AO/90/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; monetary penalty of Rs.1,50,000 imposed on the Noticee
Provisions invoked
- s. 15A
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15I
- s. 15J
- s. 11C
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 5
Parties
- Shri Ramesh Chandra Jain
Holding
The Noticee, Shri Ramesh Chandra Jain, was held to have violated Regulations 4(1), 4(2)(a) and 4(2)(e) of the PFUTP Regulations and was held liable for monetary penalty under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act. A penalty of Rs.1,50,000 was imposed on him.
Full text
Page 2 of 12 market in the scrip of SCCL for off-loading shares in the market. It was observed during the course of the said investigation that SCCL had issued a large number of shares in excess of its paid up capital. It was further observed that Shri Bimlesh Kumar Mishra, who was the chairman of SCCL, had dematted a large number of the said excess shares which appeared to be unlisted. The said excess dematted shares were later sold in the hands of gullible and innocent investors through off-market transfers. Thus a large number of innocent investors were defrauded by purchasing the said shares which were issued fraudulently.
Page 3 of 12 Act for the alleged violation by him of the abovementioned provisions of the PFUTP Regulations. 5. The Noticee has replied to the said notice to show cause (hereinafter referred to as the ‘SCN’) vide his letter dated July 09, 2008. The Noticee then filed a consent application in this matter in terms of SEBI Circular No. EFD/ED/Cir-1/2007 dated April 20, 2007 which was subsequently rejected.
Page 4 of 12 (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 3, no person shall indulge in a fraudulent or an unfair trade practice in securities. (2) Dealing in securities shall be deemed to be a fraudulent or an unfair trade practice if it involves fraud and may include all or any of the following, namely :— (a) indulging in an act which creates false or misleading appearance of trading in the securities market; (e) any act or omission amounting to manipulation of the price of a security;”
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