sebi:WTM/KMA/ISD/371/03/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Directions issued vide the ad interim ex-parte Order dated May 28, 2009 against the noticees revoked with immediate effect; proceedings under Sections 11(4) and 11B to continue.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 15H
Parties
- Mr. Dipak Patel
- Mr. Kanaiyalal Baldev Patel
- Mr. Anandkumar Baldevbhai Patel
- M/s. Bhoomi Industries
Holding
The directions restraining the noticees from buying, selling or dealing in securities and restraining Mr. Dipak Patel from associating with any Foreign Institutional Investor, sub-account or registered entity of SEBI, issued vide the ad interim ex-parte Order dated May 28, 2009, are revoked with immediate effect. The proceedings initiated under Sections 11(4) and 11B of the SEBI Act, 1992 vide the Order shall continue.
Full text
Page 2 of 3 2. The investigation in the matter, which has since been completed, prima facie revealed that Mr. Dipak Patel had passed on confidential information about the dealings of Passport in the securities market to his cousins, Mr. Kanaiyalal Baldev Patel and Mr. Anandkumar Baldevbhai Patel and that Mr. Kanaiyalal Baldev Patel was found to have executed trades on the basis of information received from Mr. Dipak Patel and benefitted from the price fluctuations caused by the large buy-sell orders of Passport. The above acts are prima facie in contravention 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). Mr. Kanaiyalal Baldev Patel was also found to have transferred some of the sale proceeds to the bank accounts of M/s. Bhoomi Industries and Mr. Anandkumar Baldevbhai Patel. Further, the investigation revealed that Mr. Dipak Patel was found to have exchanged many telephone calls with Mr. Anandkumar Baldevbhai Patel during the relevant period and that the latter had passed on the information of the dealings of Passport received from Mr. Dipak Patel to Mr. Kanaiyalal Baldev Patel. Pursuant to the completion of the investigation, adjudication proceedings have been initiated against Mr. Dipak Patel, Mr. Kanaiyalal Baldev Patel and Mr. Anandkumar Baldevbhai Patel, under Section 15HA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India A
Page 3 of 3 registered entity of SEBI, issued vide the Order needs to be vacated. However, the proceedings initiated under Sections 11(4) and 11B of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, vide the Order, would continue against them.
3. In view of the foregoing, I, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me under Section 19 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 read with Sections 11(4) and 11B thereof, hereby revoke the directions issued vide the ad interim ex-parte Order dated May 28, 2009 against Mr. Dipak Patel, Mr. Kanaiyalal Baldev Patel, Mr. Anandkumar Baldevbhai Patel and M/s. Bhoomi Industries, with immediate effect. Notwithstanding the same, the proceedings initiated against them, under Sections 11(4) and 11B of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, vide the Order would continue and the same shall be considered in accordance with law after issuing show cause notices and after affording opportunity for making submissions.
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