sebi:WTM/KMA/ERO/IVD/186/12/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Certificate of registration of the stock broker suspended for a period of one month.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 4(2)(a)
- Reg. 28
- Reg. 4(2)(o)
Parties
- S. Jhunjhunwala & Co.
Holding
The Broker, S. Jhunjhunwala & Co., was held guilty of contravening Regulation 4(2)(o) of the PFUTP Regulations and Clauses A(2) and B(4)(a) of the Code of Conduct for stock brokers, and its certificate of registration was suspended for one month.
Full text
Page 2 of 6 alia designed to create false and misleading appearance of trading in the shares of the company and that it was alleged to have contravened the provisions of Regulations 4(2)(a), 4(2)(e) and 4(2)(o) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the PFUTP Regulations) and clauses A(1), A(2), A(3), A(4) and B(4)(a) of the Code of Conduct prescribed for stock brokers under Schedule II of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the Broker Regulations). Thereafter, SEBI, vide order dated November 12, 2007 appointed an Enquiry Officer under the provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Procedure for Holding Enquiry by Enquiry Officer and Imposing Penalty) Regulations, 2002 (since repealed) to enquire into the alleged violations committed by the Broker. The Enquiry Officer/Designated Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Enquiry Officer) submitted the Report dated August 24, 2009 under the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 and found the Broker guilty of contravening Regulation 4(2)(o) of the PFUTP Regulations and Clauses A(2) and B(4)(a) of the Code of Conduct prescribed for stock brokers under Schedule II of the Broker Regulations. The Enquiry Officer recommended the suspension of the cert
Page 3 of 6 securities market for a period of 35 months from September 29, 2005 to August 11, 2008. In view of the above, the Broker requested SEBI to ‘forgo and set aside the suspension period of one month….’. Though, the Broker was advised to indicate whether it sought for a personal hearing, no response in that regard was made by it. In view of the above, I do not consider it necessary to provide an opportunity of hearing to the Broker and the present proceeding is being
Page 4 of 6 that the Broker had raised the share price of the company by thin margin on daily basis as given in the table mentioned below:
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