sebi:SD/AO-06/2008
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Facts / Headnote
Alleged violation not established; matter disposed of without penalty
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
Parties
- Pandoo P Naig
Holding
The alleged violation of regulations 3, 4(b) and 4(d) of PFUTP Regulations, 1995 by the Noticee, as specified in the SCN dated January 22, 2008, does not stand established and the matter is accordingly disposed of without monetary penalty.
Full text
Page 2 of 14 Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP, 2003”) and therefore, liable for monetary penalty under section 15HA of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act”).
Page 3 of 14 • That the Noticee used to place buy and sell orders through his broker over the phone and he was not aware as to how the orders placed by him were structured / reversed. With regard to the transactions placed through Noticee’s broker it was submitted that: a. All the orders were placed by the Noticee through phone. b. All the transactions were done through the screen based trading mechanism provided by the exchange. c. The Noticee was not sitting in front of the terminal at the time of execution of orders. d. All the orders were placed by the Noticee at the prevalent market prices. • That there is nothing on record to show that: ¾ Counter party sub-brokers/ broker was associated / related / connected to the Noticee in any way. ¾ The Noticee had arranged for synchronized / reversed trades by placing simultaneous orders with the counter party brokers / sub- broker. ¾ The Noticee had the knowledge that the counter party broker / sub- broker were placing simultaneous orders to the Noticee’s order. ¾ The Noticee’s broker has alleged that the orders were placed in the manner, form and time prescribed by him.
Page 4 of 14 Noticee dealt in the scrip of VLL for very small price differential of below 50 paise and that the jobbing transactions done by him in normal course of business could not be in any way construed to be an attempt to create artificial trading volume in the scrip of VLL. • That the Noticee had traded in very small qty. of shares of VLL, which could not be in any event construed to be as an attempt to create artificial trading volumes. In this context it is submitted that the Noticee’s trading volume in the scrip of VLL was always very small quantity to the total traded quantity in the market, it always ranged in between 2.67% to 5.59% of the total trading in the market. • That the Noticee’s trading in the scrip of VLL never exceeded 5.59% of the total quantity traded in the market. Further the total trading done by the Noticee in the investigation period was also merely 3.80 % of the total quantity traded in the market. Therefore the allegation of creating artificial volumes against him could not survive. • That the Noticee’s total turnover in the scrip of VLL constituted a 0.22% percentage of his total trading turnover. Further the Noticee’s volume was negligible as compared to market volumes.
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