sebi:SO/PSD/2025-26/7354

SEBI · SEBI · 2019-01-10 · Amarjeet Singh, Whole Time Member; Kamlesh C Varshney, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

settled

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 25
• Reg. 28
• Reg. 15
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 31
• Reg. 23
• Reg. 39(3)

Parties

• NSE

Holding

Any proceedings that may be initiated for the violations as mentioned at paragraph 1 above are settled in respect of the Applicant upon payment of Rs. 40,35,00,000, and SEBI shall not initiate any enforcement action against the Applicant for the said violations.

Full text

2 related and potentially market sensitive information. 2. The internal committee was vested with the authority to waive off the penalty amount levied as per Member and Core Settlement Guarantee Fund Committee (MCSGFC) policy without the approval of MCSGFC. Terms of reference (ToR) of Member & Core SGF Committee specified in Annexure A of SEBI Circular no. SEBI/HO/MRD/DOP2DSA2/CIR/P/2 019/13 dated January 10, 2019.

3 5. There was no policy in place with respect to defining brokers as frequent modifiers and thereby, no action was triggered in respect of any such brokers, as otherwise mandated by SEBI. SEBI Circular dated October 21, 2014.

4 4. The High Powered Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as “HPAC”) in its meeting held on February 05, 2024 considered the settlement terms proposed by the Applicant and recommended that the case may be settled upon payment of ₹40,35,00,000 (Rupees Forty Crore Thirty Five Lakhs only) and subject to the Applicant complying with the non-monetary terms specified by the IC. The HPAC also recommended that the Applicant may be advised to conduct an internal review and identify the officers-in-default and take appropriate measures in their performance appraisal.

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