sebi:WTM/KMA/IVD/129/08/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Mr. Vishal G. Pandya warned for violations; show cause notice dated May 30, 2008 disposed of
Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 11
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 4(b)
Parties
- Mr. Vishal G. Pandya
Holding
Mr. Vishal G. Pandya contravened Regulation 4(b), (c) and (d) of the PFUTP Regulations by trade reversals creating artificial volumes, but was only warned and the show cause notice dated May 30, 2008 was disposed of.
Full text
Page 2 of 5 by BSE with effect from April 03, 2000. Though, the said suspension was revoked on April 03, 2000, the shares of the company were not traded till August 01, 2000.
Page 3 of 5 India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003, suitable directions including directions restraining him from buying, selling or dealing in securities for a specific period, should not be issued to him. Though, the said notice was delivered on the noticee, no reply was received from him. Thereafter, SEBI vide letter dated December 02, 2008 reminded the noticee to submit his reply to the show cause notice. Having received no reply from the noticee, even after reminding the noticee, a personal hearing was afforded to him on July 16,
Page 4 of 5 note that, the noticee had sold off 34,800 shares back to Mr. Vijay Singh Bhandari. Thus, around 77% of the shares purchased by the noticee from Mr. Vijay Singh Bhandari had been sold back to him (Mr. Vijay Singh Bhandari). Such reversals happened on August 31, 2000. During the personal hearing, the noticee submitted that the impugned trades were carried out by his father, who is no more. In his deposition to the Investigating Authority of SEBI on November 19, 2004, the noticee had stated, “All the decisions were taken by my father during that time and I am not aware about anything” and that “My father is no more and expired on February 25, 2004.” On being queried as to who his stock broker/sub broker was, he had stated that he was not aware of anything as all the decisions were taken by his father and that he used to sign some documents as instructed by his father. The investigation conducted by SEBI also found that all the trading was done by the father of the noticee. During the personal hearing, he submitted that he was not able to produce any reply/documents as all the trading was done by his deceased father. As the scrip was illiquid, during the relevant period, the quantum of shares involved in the trade reversals done by the noticee, had created artificial volumes in the shares of the company. I further note that the noticee (client code- “2V108”) was involved in traded reversals in respect of 34,800 shares of the company with one Vijay Singh Bhandari (hav
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