sebi:WTM/KMA/NRO/IVD/417/07/2011

SEBI · SEBI · 2005-02-21 · Dr. K.M. Abraham, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Show cause notices dated February 21, 2005 and May 27, 2005 disposed of with warning to all noticees to be careful while dealing in the securities market

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 24
• s. 15A
• s. 19
• s. 12(1)
• s. 12
• s. 113
• s. 77(2)

Regulations

• Reg. 11
• Reg. 4(a)
• Reg. 4(b)
• Reg. 200
• Reg. 6(a)
• Reg. 4(e)
• Reg. 6(c)

Holding

SEBI found the promoter Mr. S.N. Bansal, Karishma Floriculture Limited, its front entities, Nippin Investment and the Amrik Singh Group contravened the PFUTP Regulations, SEBI Act and Companies Act, but disposed of the 2005 show cause notices with a warning to be careful while dealing in the securities market.

Full text

Page 2 of 22 Traders Private Limited and Sharan Fincap Limited) had indulged in trading in the shares of the Company in a manipulative manner, prima facie in contravention of the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the PFUTP Regulations). The Company was also alleged to have contravened Section 77(2) of the Companies Act, 1956 by financing the purchases of its shares and also of not redressing investors’ grievances. Nippin Investment was alleged to have acted as an unregistered sub-broker, in contravention of Section 12(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the SEBI Act) read with Rule 3 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Rules, 1992 (since rescinded). On the basis of the findings of the investigation, SEBI had subsequently issued the following show cause notices under Section 11B of the SEBI Act and Regulation 11 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulation, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the PFUTP Regulations 2003): a. A show cause notice dated February 21, 2005 to Karishma Floriculture Limited (hereinafter referred to as the Company), Mr. S.N. Bansal (the promoter/Chairman and Managing Director of the Company) and the entities namely, S

Page 3 of 22 2. The notice issued to the Company, its managing director and the eight entities had returned undelivered. Thereafter, as SEBI came to know of two other addresses of the Company and its promoter Mr. S.N. Bansal, notices were sent to their addresses at Sohna (Haryana) and Gandhidham (Kutch, Gujarat). The notices sent to the Haryana address returned with a remark ‘addressee not available’ and was refused to be accepted. Though, the notices sent to the Gandhidham address were delivered, they were subsequently returned to SEBI by an entity Shree Ambica Commercial Co. Subsequently, an opportunity of personal hearing was granted to the Company and the others on June 1, 2007. Though, the notice dated May 28, 2007 informing the entities of the hearing returned undelivered, a letter dated May 29, 2007 was received from Mr. S.N. Bansal seeking adjournment of the hearing. Thereafter, another opportunity of hearing was granted on February 18, 2009. The said letter also returned undelivered. Prosecution proceeding under Section 24 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the SEBI Act) was also initiated against the Company and Mr. S.N. Bansal before the Court of the Hon’ble Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at New Delhi. As per the information available, Mr. S.N. Bansal has been declared as a proclaimed offender and the same has also been posted in the website of SEBI. In response to the notice issued to Nippin Investment and its partne

Page 4 of 22 3. In respect of the notices issued to Mr. Amrik Singh, Mr. Magan Preet Singh, Mr. Charanjeet Singh, Mr. Pushdeep Singh, Mr. Mandeep Singh, Mrs. Satnam Kaur and JBS Builders and Traders Private Limited, it is noted that one Gagandeep Singh (son of Mr. Amrik Singh), vide letter dated February 28, 2005 informed SEBI that Mr. Amrik Singh and Mr. Magan Preet Singh were out of station and that they would revert as soon as they return. The notices sent to the others had returned. Thereafter, when the notices were sought to be delivered on the others, Mr. Amrik Singh refused to receive the notices on their behalf. Though, none of the persons/entities appeared for a hearing scheduled on June 1, 2007, Mr. Gagandeep Singh appeared in a hearing scheduled on February 18, 2009 on behalf of Mr. Amrik Singh, Mr. Magan Preet Singh and JBS Builders and Traders Private Limited. Thereafter, a letter dated April 8, 2009 was received from Mr. Amrik Singh, wherein he had made submissions for himself and also on behalf of Mr. Magan Preet Singh and JBS Builders and Traders Private Limited.

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