sebi:VSS/AO-41/2008
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Facts / Headnote
Alleged violations not established; matter disposed of
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 3
Parties
- M/s Subh Stock Broking Pvt. Ltd
Holding
The alleged violation of the provisions of PFUTP and Brokers Regulations by the Noticee, as specified in the SCN dated May 27, 2008, does not stand established and the matter is disposed of.
Full text
Page 2 of 11 2. It was alleged that one of the brokers, M/s Subh Stock Broking Pvt. Ltd, Member, CSE (hereinafter referred to as “Noticee”/“SSB”) violated the provisions of regulations 3, 4 (1), 4 (2) (a), (b), (e), (g) and (o) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP”) and clauses A (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) and B (4) (a) of Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers as specified in Schedule II under Regulation 7 of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Regulations (hereinafter referred to as “Brokers Regulations”), and therefore, liable for monetary penalty under sections 15HA and 15 HB of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act”).
Page 3 of 11 5. The Noticee vide letter dated June 04, 2008 replied to the SCN stating, inter alia, the following : a. During the Period under Investigation, we traded in the scrip of Lotus on behalf of the twelve clients as per their instructions and on their behalf; the details of the trades on behalf of the said clients are stated in Annexure ‘A’. b. It would be apparent from the above details that while the Period under Investigation is 6 months and the rise in price of the scrip occurred during the 2 of the said 6 months , we have traded in the scrip at the instruction of our clients and on their behalf only for a period in August/September, 2005 so far purchase is concerned and one day in June 2005 and our trades during the period of May and June 2005 were ALL sell trades. We submit that ordinarily, sell transactions are not associated with or considered to be a cause for a rise in the price of shares of a company. It is also pertinent to note that we have not traded in the scrip on a continuous basis during the Period under Investigation. c. We submit that we are not aware of any manipulative intent on the part of the client and had no reason to suspect the same. We further submit that all the above trades were done on the C Star trading system of the CSE at prevailing market prices and settled on the CSE by delivery and payment in the ordinary course of business and therefore, we had no reason to suspect any irregularity. ….. d. We deny that we did synchronized trades
Page 4 of 11 and delivery on the CSE. The trading pattern shows that there was interest in the counter. 6. In the interest of natural justice and in order to conduct an inquiry as per rule 4 (3) of the Rules, the Noticee was granted an opportunity of personal hearing on October 13, 2008 at SEBI, Eastern Regional Office, Kolkata vide notice dated August 29, 2008. Mr. Pawan Kayan Authorized Representative (“AR”) appeared on behalf of the Noticee. During the hearing, the Noticee reiterated the submissions made vide letter dated June 04, 2008.
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