sebi:WTM/KMA/MIRSD/164/11/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Certificate of registration of the stock broker suspended for a period of twenty days, to come into effect immediately on expiry of twenty one days from the date of the order.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12
- s. 24(1)
Regulations
- Reg. 12
- Reg. 28(2)
Parties
- M/s. Kedar Nath Agrawal (Registration Number INB 230056515), Member, National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Holding
The stock broker M/s. Kedar Nath Agrawal was found guilty of multiple contraventions of SEBI circulars and regulations, including failure to segregate client funds, failure to collect margins, unauthorized trade transfers, unauthorized trading terminal locations and operators, dealing with unregistered sub-brokers, failure to report spot deals, and failure to frame an insider trading code, and its certificate of registration was suspended for twenty days.
Full text
Page 2 of 21 Enquiry Officer, vide report dated November 13, 2006 recommended the suspension of the certificate of registration of the stock broker for a period of twenty days. Thereafter, a notice dated November 27, 2006 was issued by SEBI to the stock broker requiring it to show cause as to why appropriate
Page 3 of 21 were observed during the course of inspection of the stock brokers, for their rectification. One of the deficiencies specified in the said circular was the delay in dispatching the contract notes after twenty four hours. SEBI had further advised in the said circular that, the deficiencies would be viewed seriously, if it were observed during the future inspections of the stock brokers by SEBI. In view of the small number of such instances, the Enquiry Officer observed that the same were not significant to be viewed seriously. The inspection had also found that the name of the authorized signatory was not indicated to NSE by the stock broker for more than six years. As regards the said charge, the Enquiry Officer found that no proof was furnished by the stock broker in support of its contention that NSE was aware of the authorized signatories. The stock broker, in its reply dated January 22, 2007 submitted that, it had forwarded a copy of the list of documents submitted to NSE, at the time of their inspection in July 2001 and that item 20 in the said list clearly mentioned the list of authorized signatories along with specimen signature. The stock broker further submitted that it did not retain a copy of the said letter. In this regard, I note the observation of the Enquiry Officer “Further, even as regards the NSE report, I have perused the same but do not find anything therein to indicate that NSE was aware of the name of the authorized signatory. I have a lette
Page 4 of 21 4. The Enquiry Officer also found that there were instances of delay in making the payments/delivery of securities to the clients and that the same were in violation of SEBI Circular No. SMD/SED/93/23321 dated November 18, 1993 and Circular No. SMDRP/Policy/Cir-05/2001 dated February 1, 2001. In this regard, the stock broker submitted as follows;
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