sebi:VSS/AO-188/2009

SEBI · SEBI · 2008-10-22 · V.S. Sundaresan, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs.50,000 imposed on the Noticee

Provisions invoked

Regulations

Parties

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer held that Pradeep Kumar, as a director of Wilful Finance And Investment Co Pvt Ltd, violated Regulation 4(2)(a) and (g) of the PFUTP Regulations and imposed a penalty of Rs.50,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Page 2 of 18 Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “JFPL”), Pathik Merchandise Pvt. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Pathik”) and Wilful Finance And Investment Co Pvt. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Wilful”), which belong to the same group viz. Jalco Group (hereinafter referred to as ‘Jalco Group’), had indulged in synchronization of deals/reversal trading/fictitious trading in the shares of GHCL in such a manner that led to creation of artificial volume and impacted the price of the scrip.

Page 3 of 18 Noticee and penalty be not imposed under section 15HA of SEBI Act for the alleged violation specified in the said SCN. The Noticee did not reply to the said SCN.

Page 4 of 18 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES AND FINDINGS 7. The issues that arise for consideration in the present case are : a) Whether the Noticee had violated Regulation 4(2)(a) and (g) of PFUTP Regulation? b) Does the violation, if any, on the part of the Noticee attract monetary penalty under section 15HA of SEBI Act? c) If so, what would be the monetary penalty that can be imposed taking into consideration the factors mentioned in section 15J of SEBI Act?

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