sebi:WT/MO/16/EFD/12/03

SEBI · SEBI · 2003-08-20 · T M Nagarajan, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Confirmed the order dated 20.8.2003 restraining Sunil Kayan & Co from buying, selling or dealing in securities in any manner pending completion of inspection

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 11
• s. 11(4)
• s. 19
• s. 12

Parties

• Sunil Kayan
• Sunil Kayan & Co

Holding

The interim order dated 20.8.2003 was confirmed, directing Sunil Kayan & Co not to buy, sell or deal in securities in any manner, directly or indirectly, pending completion of inspection and determination of further action on receipt of the report.

Full text

3. On the basis of the above, the inspection team concluded prima facie that : 1. Sunil Kayan used trades executed by him on the trading terminals as bench marks for prices of the scrips and based on these prices; larger trades were executed outside the stock exchange mechanism.

anyone. The finding that noticee has given two terminals which were operating Bura Bazar and Burdwan is totally without any basis and factually not correct as the noticee could not give any terminal as he himself has got none. What he does not have, he cannot give. The inference drawn on the basis of hand written note books and copies obtained by inspecting officials linking the noticee to terminals operating in the aforesaid places is not correct and not accepted. It appears that some old records of PKC Stock Broking Pvt. Ltd. was sought to be relied to draw the aforesaid reference. The said old records could throw light as to the ownership functioning control of operations of the aforesaid terminals. It is reported that one PKC Stock Broking Pvt. Ltd. member NSE had put their terminals in the aforesaid places. iii. (a) The noticee in the normal course used to trade in the scrips in the marketable lot of one share also. Depending upon his understanding, changing market dynamics, fundamental and technical conditions, scrip specific features etc. the notice used to place orders for execution. Small investors trade in small quantities and square-off the trades by the end of the day. In Indian stock market, about 90% turnover is on account of square off business. This is the order of the day and market reality. b. With reference to that the net amount receivable /payable in the bills used to be very small, the noticee clarifies that such net amount is the arithmetic calculation

d. The noticee submits that he has not done any off the floor transaction and trade details such as NSE order No., trade No. etc. could not be found as the trade data pertained to mock runs as explained below. The noticee submits that there appears to be some confusion. The details obtained from the back office records pertain to demonstration software package which was used by the staff for learning features and options and see the resultant output. In respect of mock learning exercise there would be single entries keyed in. On enquiring it was revealed that they wanted to learn well and get themselves placed in some good broking house. However, certain mock transactions were recorded on Saturday / Sunday , which establishes that those entries were for the purpose of education. Therefore, they were not actual transactions and inference drawn as to their being off floor is not correct and hence not accepted and denied. The noticee submits that he neither received nor paid cash from / to any person. To the best of knowledge of the noticee handwritten papers referred do not bear the handwriting of the notice. The noticee does his proprietary dealings and there is no question of any business interaction with retail clients. The notice has not violated any provision of Income Tax Act. iv The notice submits that the note book found was the official record of Mr. Sanjay Bansal in respect of transactions done by his staff in their terminal. As pointed out earlier, Mr. Sanjay Bansal’

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