sebi:SO/AK/DS/2025-26/7814

SEBI · SEBI · 2024-03-07 · Amit Kapoor, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Settled - adjudication proceedings disposed of on payment of settlement amount

Provisions invoked

• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 25
• Reg. 28
• Reg. 23(1)

Parties

• Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited

Holding

The adjudication proceedings initiated against Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited vide SCN dated March 07, 2024 are disposed of in terms of Section 15JB of the SEBI Act read with the Settlement Regulations upon payment of INR 90,20,000 as settlement amount without admitting or denying findings.

Full text

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Settlement Order in respect of Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited in the matter of front-running by certain entities in the scrip of KPIT Technologies Limited Page 2 of 3

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Settlement Order in respect of Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers Limited in the matter of front-running by certain entities in the scrip of KPIT Technologies Limited Page 3 of 3 Thousand Only) by the Applicant as settlement amount towards the settlement terms.

3. A Show Cause Notice dated March 07, 2024 (hereafter referred to as “SCN”) was issued to the Applicant in terms of the provisions of Rule 4(1) of the Adjudication Rules calling upon the Applicant to show cause why an inquiry should not be held and penalty not be imposed u/s 15HA and 15HB of the SEBI Act against it for the alleged violations. Briefly stating, it was alleged in the SCN that the Applicant had failed to ensure fairness and exercise due diligence by not keeping transparency and credible records of the duly authorized person of Mehrangarh Financial Advisors Private Limited (MFAPL) with respect to placement of orders to the Applicant for executing trading at the Stock Exchange platform. It was also alleged that the Applicant registered the email IDs of employees connected with its own group companies instead of registering the e-mail ID of the client, MFAPL or its duly authorized person. It was further alleged that the Applicant processed the off- market transfer with DIS dated March 03, 2017 and March 01, 2018, relying on instruction from the authorized signatory of the Applicant and outdated authorized signatory of MFAPL, respectively, and not based on instruction from the valid authorized signatories as on the above dates, viz. Mr. Naresh Chandra Bohra and Mrs Shakuntala Bohra (appointed as authorized signatory vide resolution of MFAPL dated June 17, 2015 provided by the Applicant with KYC documents).

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