sebi:Settlement_Orders_217_Order_against_M_s_Cholamandalam_Securities_Ltd

SEBI · SEBI · 1993-11-18 · G.N. Bajpai, Chairman, SEBI

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Facts / Headnote

Certificate of registration bearing Registration no. INB 0230759932 suspended for a period of two months, effective after three weeks from the date of the order.

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 4(3)

Regulations

• Reg. 199
• Reg. 13(4)

Parties

• Cholamandalam Securities

Holding

Cholamandalam violated Clause A(2) of Schedule II of the SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers) Regulations, 1992 for failure to exercise due skill, care and diligence, and its certificate of registration INB 0230759932 was suspended for two months.

Full text

vi They claimed that “know your client” forms obtained from Shri Jaiprakash and VGFL were strictly in consonance with SEBI circular No. SMD I/23341 dated 18.11.93. All rele were taken from Shri Jaiprakash and all the trades executed by Shri Jaiprakash were settled within the statutory limits. They have not funded Shri Jaiprakash for the there was no connection / link / relation whatsoever with Shri Jaiprakash except that of a client. All the obligations vis-à-vis the client were complied with by them and cannot be accused of non exercising due skill and care. vii. While admitting the rise in the price and volume of the scrip of Moschip from May 7, 2001 to May 31, 2001, they denied that Shri Jaiprakash and VGFL traded substa scrip during the said period. viii. They pleaded ignorance of the fact that Shri Jaiprakash & VGFL were common clients of Cholamandalam & Techo Shares and Stock Ltd. and denied the finding that the tra Jaiprakash & VGFL resulted in the establishment of higher price in the scrip of Moschip in levels from Rs.25.80 to Rs.50/-. ix With respect of the finding of EO that trading of Shri Jaiprakash for an amount of Rs.6,75,000 in a single month, who had indicated an annual income of Rs.3 lakhs in the clien form should have raised doubt in the mind of Cholamandalam, it was submitted that these details in the client registration form are basically nothing but self certification by the client regarding his personal information. In the ordinary course, the member is

xvi. The following findings/observations from certain judgments were cited by Cholamandalam in support of their contentions : a) M J Patel v/s SEBI (2002) 38 SCL 889 “suspension or cancellation of the certificate granted to carry on broking business is not a matter which could be treated lightly. In the absence of sufficient justific with reasonable evidence, such a penal action cannot be sustained”

9)     No default done either by Mr. Jaiprakash or by them in meeting its payment/delivery obligations.They were not aware that Mr. Jaiprakash was trading through o manipulating the price of the scrip as alleged.

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