sebi:TCN/43/ID3/07/2007

SEBI · SEBI · Dr. T. C. Nair, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

M/s. Manyog Investments Private Limited and its directors restrained from buying, selling or dealing in securities for a period of 1 year with immediate effect

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 19
• s. 12

Regulations

• Reg. 11
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 4(a)

Parties

• M/s. Manyog Investments Private Limited
• Shri Yogesh Ruparel
• Shri Manish N Shah

Holding

M/s. Manyog Investments Private Limited and its directors Shri Yogesh Ruparel and Shri Manish N Shah were restrained from buying, selling or dealing in securities for 1 year for acting as an unregistered sub-broker and for aiding D.K. Dalal in manipulating the price of NEAL scrip.

Full text

Date Particulars Amount Amount Amount 3/6/95 From NEAL to Galav 3005000 3/6/95 From Galav to Ketan Doshi 300500 5/6/95 From NEAL to Galav 1400000 6/6/95 From Galav to Ketan Doshi 1400000 8/6/95 From Ketan Doshi to NEAL 5000000 9/6/95 From NEAL to Galav 5000000 13/6/95 From Galav to Piush Avlani 5000000 15/6/95 From Piush Avlani to NEAL 5000000 16/6/95 From NEAL to Galav 5000000 16/6/95 From Galav to Paulomi Doshi 5000000 20/6/95 From Paulomi Doshi to NEAL 5000000 21/6/95 From NEAL to Galav 5000000 21/6/95 From Galav to Bhavna Doshi 5000000 22/6/95 From Bhavna Doshi to NEAL 5000000 23/6/95 From NEAL to Galav 5000000 23/6/95 From Galav to Muktaben Doshi 5000000 27/6/95 From Muktaben Doshi to NEAL 5000000 28/6/95 From NEAL to Galav 2500000 28/6/95 From Galav to Kamlesh Doshi 2500000 29/6/95 From Kamlesh Doshi to NEAL 2500000 4/7/95 From NEAL to Galav 2500000 4/7/95 From Galav to Kamlesh Doshi 2500000 5/7/95 From Kamlesh Doshi to NEAL 2500000 29405000 29405000 30000000 From the above table it can be seen that the same Rs.50 lac was circulated to and from apparently to give an impression that the loss of stock invests of Rs.3 crores had bee made up and the issue had been subscribed to the extent of required minimum subscription. The findings of the investigation can be summarized as below: a. NEAL did not receive the minimum required subscription to the public issue and it was subscribed only to the extent of 14%; b. In order to circumvent the requirement of minimum subscription,

v All they did was fair sub-broking business and in a similar show cause notice in the matter of Jyoti Resins and Adhesives Ltd. they were relieved of all the charges bro against them. 2.3 A personal hearing was scheduled before me for MIPL and its Directors on 11.07.2006, when the noticees attended the hearing and reiterated the submission made Subsequently, written submissions dated 13.07.2006 was also made available whereby they maintained that: a. NEAL was listed on NSE & BSE and they had struck their first transaction after six months of listing. Even before that the price had fluctuated between Rs.15/- and Rs transactions were done only on BSE and they had a turnover of a few thousand shares against the market turnover of five lakhs per day. b. At the time when the transactions were entered into there was no requirement for the sub-brokers to get compulsorily registered through the broker through whom they and they had acted through only broker Subash V Shah. They could not create artificial volume by dealing with one broker only. c. They had sold shares with the fully paid up stamp on the share certificates and those that had been purchased through them. Therefore, the allegation of delivering p shares cannot sustain. Also, there was no instance of bad delivery from the market in this regard. 3.0 CONSIDERATIONS OF ISSUES 3.1 I have considered the findings of the investigations, the charges made out in the show cause notice dated 27.09.2002 against MIPL and its director

1,49,300 shares of NEAL in the name of GFIL. Dalal (Devendra Kantilal Dalal) was a declared defaulter of ASE and had dealt in the scrip of NEAL through MIPL in the name of his front entity, M/s. Galav Investments. T Shri D K Dalal had been prohibited from dealing in securities for a period of 5 years vide an order dated 20-02-2002 passed by the Chairman, SEBI for his manipulative ro dealing in the scrip of NEAL. 1.7 A notice dated 27.09.2002 was issued to MIPL, wherein it was alleged that MIPL had aided, abetted and assisted Shri D K Dalal in market manipulation in the scrip of NEAL viola provisions of Regulation 4(a), (b) (d) & (e) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to securities market) Regulations, 1995, and asked to show as to why appropriate directions including directions debarring MIPL from accessing the capital market and dealing in securities for a suitable period, should not be issue Section 11B of SEBI Act, 1992 read with Regulation 11 of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to securities market) Regulations, 1995. 1.8 No reply to the show cause notice was received from MIPL. Thereafter opportunities of hearing were granted to MIPL on 26.02.2003 and 27.02.2003. MIPL failed to turn up hearing before SEBI. Therefore, SEBI proceeded ex-parte against the entity and its directors and passed an order dated 05.09.03 directing MIPL and its directors Shri Ruparel and Shri Manish Shah to dissociate from the c

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