sebi:VSS/AO-202/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Charges proved; penalty of Rs.1,00,000 imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 4(2)(a)
- Reg. 4(2)(e)
Parties
- M/s. Ruchiraj Shares & Stock Brokers Private Limited
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer held that Ruchiraj violated Regulations 4(2)(a) and (e) of PFUTP Regulations and Clauses A(1), A(2), A(3) and A(4) of the Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers, and imposed a total monetary penalty of Rs.1,00,000 - Rs.75,000 under Section 15HA and Rs.25,000 under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 23 December 31, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as ‘investigation period’). 2. The role of the brokers and their clients who had traded in the scrip was scrutinized. It was observed during the investigation that certain entities had indulged in synchronization of deals/reversal trading/fictitious trading in the shares of G-Tech in such a manner that led to creation of artificial volume and impacted the price of the scrip.
Page 3 of 23 Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Rules’) to inquire into and adjudge the alleged violations of the provisions of PFUTP Regulations and Brokers Regulations. SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, HEARING AND REPLY
Page 4 of 23 D’souza had traded through Ruchiraj in the scrip of G-Tech. At the time of executing the transactions for the said clients, it is submitted that Ruchiraj was not aware the existence of any ‘Shah Group’ and that these clients belonged to that group. The transactions to the extent of 9,000 shares executed on July 18, and July 25, 2003 were miniscule as compared to the alleged total manipulated volume traded by the ‘Shah Group’. b) We had not entered into any off-market transactions as alleged in para 18 of SCN. In fact, the Annexure 14 to the SCN did not include our name at all. c) As far as Ruchiraj Investment and Ruchiraj Securities are concerned, as stated in para 22 of SCN, it is submitted that both are the clients of Ruchiraj and all the three have common address. Merely because they have common address and one or two common Directors, it is not appropriate to allege that the Noticee had manipulated the market in concept with these two clients as well as the two clients referred to above. It is submitted that these two clients have been trading with the Noticee not only in the scrip of G-Tech but also in other scrips, during the investigation period as well as pre and post investigation period. Though, reference to alleged manipulation by the said group in the shares of Highland Industries Ltd. and Fast Track Entertainment Ltd. has been made in para 23 of SCN, no details have been furnished and therefore, it may not be possible to rebut anything on that. d) As
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