sebi:WTM/KMA/IVD/347/01/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Restrained Harbinger Trading Company Private Limited and M/s. S. Ramdas from accessing the securities market and prohibited them from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in the securities market, either directly or indirectly, for a period of two months.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 4(b)
Parties
- Harbinger Trading Company Private Limited
- M/s. S. Ramdas
Holding
The entities, Harbinger Trading Company Private Limited and M/s. S. Ramdas, contravened Regulation 4(b) of the PFUTP Regulations by indulging in fictitious and matched/structured trades that created a false and misleading appearance of trading in the securities market, and were restrained from dealing in securities for two months.
Full text
Page 2 of 8 2. The entities filed their respective replies, vide letters dated September 16, 2004. Subsequently, the entities had filed applications for passing of consent orders in terms of the SEBI Circular dated April 20, 2007, in respect of the present proceedings. Pursuant to the rejection of the said applications, the entities appeared through Mr. Bhupen Dalal, Advocate, in a hearing before me on July 2, 2009 and made submissions. The learned advocate while making
Page 3 of 8 of the overall market gross for the period under scrutiny. The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (hereinafter referred to as BSE) had observed that the trading member, Tropical Securities and Investments Private Limited had traded mainly on behalf of Harbinger Trading Company Private Limited.
Page 4 of 8 done and was observed that out of the aforesaid buy quantity of 5,59,750 shares through Tropical Securities and Investments Private Limited, the counterparty stock brokers in respect of 4,43,300 and 1,04,900 shares respectively were M/s. Pawankumar Parmeshwarlal and Lallubhai Ranchoddas Share Brokers Private Limited. It was alleged that Harbinger Trading Company Private Limited through its stock broker, Tropical Securities and Investments Private Limited entered into 51 matched/structured transactions for 4,43,300 shares with the family members of the stock broker, M/s. Pawankumar Parmeshwarlal. The said transactions were mentioned in Annexure 1 enclosed with the notice. It was also alleged that Harbinger Trading Company Private Limited had indulged in 7 matched/structured transactions for 1,04,900 shares. The details of the same were mentioned in Annexure 2 to the notice. I have perused the said annexure and note that Harbinger Trading Company Private Limited had on various days (January 6, 2000, February 3, 2000 and February 10, 2000) bought shares through Tropical Securities and Investments Private Limited, from itself (selling) through Lallubhai Ranchoddas Share Brokers Private Limited. The following table would make the same clear: DATE TIME RATE QUANTITY BUY- STOCK BROKER BUY- CLIENT SELL- STOCK BROKER SELL- CLIENT January 6, 2000 3:11:49 pm 56.75 30000 Tropical Harbinger Lallubhai Harbinger January 6, 2000 3:12:59 pm 56.9 20000 Tropical Harbinger Lallubhai
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