sebi:WTM/AB/MIRSD/DOP/29890/2023-24

SEBI · SEBI · 2022-06-09 · Ashwani Bhatia, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Certificate of Registration (INZ000031539) suspended for 3 months or till disposal of FIR with EOW, whichever is later

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 11(4)
• s. 11B
• s. 12
• s. 27
• s. 154
• s. 29A

Regulations

• Reg. 6
• Reg. 28(2)
• Reg. 9
• Reg. 28
• Reg. 27
• Reg. 5(e)
• Reg. 27(3)

Parties

• Gautam Labdhi Commodities Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

The Noticee failed to comply with the 'fit and proper person' criteria specified in Schedule II of the Intermediaries Regulations on a continuous basis, and its Certificate of Registration as a commodities derivatives broker was suspended for three months or until disposal of the FIR filed with EOW, whichever is later.

Full text

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Order in respect of Gautam Labdhi Commodities Pvt. Ltd. in the matter of National Spot Exchange Ltd. Page 2 of 25 cancellation of Certificate of Registration as recommended by the DA or any other action, as deemed fit by the Competent Authority, under Regulation 28(2) of the Intermediaries Regulations (as applicable at the relevant time) should not be taken against it. The SCN further required the Noticee to submit its reply, if any, within 21 days of receipt of the same. The SCN was duly served upon the Noticee.

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Order in respect of Gautam Labdhi Commodities Pvt. Ltd. in the matter of National Spot Exchange Ltd. Page 3 of 25 advised it to submit its reply/ comments/ clarifications, if any, within 15 days of receipt of the SSCN.

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Order in respect of Gautam Labdhi Commodities Pvt. Ltd. in the matter of National Spot Exchange Ltd. Page 4 of 25 f. The amendments made to the ‘fit and proper person’ criteria in 2021 is prospective in nature and cannot apply in the present matter. It was also submitted that a Writ Petition has been filed before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the matter of Venkataraman Rajamani v. SEBI1 challenging the legality of the amendments carried out to the Intermediaries Regulations in 2021. g. Noticee submitted that 11 chargesheets were filed by the EOW in the subject matter and the Noticees name does not figure in the said chargesheets. Therefore, it was argued that impliedly the subject matter of the investigation is completed without making any allegations against the Noticee. h. It was submitted that the Noticee had acquired membership of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (“MCX”), National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange of India (“NCDEX”) and Indian Commodity Exchange Limited (“ICEX”). These memberships, the Noticee submitted, was transferred to LFC Securities Pvt. Ltd. during the years 2018 and 2019. Given the above, the Noticee submitted that it was no longer a intermediary registered with SEBI. i. The doctrine of proportionality and Wednesbury rules required that relevant and material facts were required to be considered for a

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