sebi:WTM/KV/ISD/ISD-SEC-2/31727/2025-26

SEBI · SEBI · 2025-09-12 · Kamlesh C. Varshney, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Interim ex-parte order impounding alleged ill-gotten gains of Rs. 1,73,14,23,475.30 in fixed deposits with lien in favour of SEBI, restraining Noticees from buying, selling or dealing in securities, directing banks/depositories to place no-debit holds, and requiring inventory of assets; order to remain in force until further orders.

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Holding

SEBI held on a prima facie basis that the Noticees were in possession of unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI) relating to the CERC market coupling order and traded in IEX put options in contravention of regulation 3(2) and regulation 4(1) of the PIT Regulations and sections 12A(d) and 12A(e) of the SEBI Act, warranting an ex-parte interim order impounding alleged ill-gotten gains and restraining further dealing in securities.

Full text

Ex-Parte Interim Order in the matter of Insider Trading by certain entities in the scrip of IEX Page 2 of 45 A. BACKGROUND

Ex-Parte Interim Order in the matter of Insider Trading by certain entities in the scrip of IEX Page 3 of 45 markets and streamlining the process of price discovery. Currently each power exchange determines its price based on demand and supply. B. BRIEF FINDINGS OF THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION BY SEBI

Ex-Parte Interim Order in the matter of Insider Trading by certain entities in the scrip of IEX Page 4 of 45 Table 1 Date Open* High* Low* Close* % change in close price Shares traded 18-Jul-25 205.6 206.47 202.66 203.14 - 19,39,814 21-Jul-25 202.01 205 195.18 195.99 -3.52% 78,36,870 22-Jul-25 196.94 200 191.54 192.56 -1.75% 97,07,232 23-Jul-25 192.70 193.41 186.61 187.89 -2.43% 92,14,590 24-Jul-25 169.10 169.10 131.50 132.32 -29.58% 12,77,36,986 25-Jul-25 137.80 149.40 136.41 145.02 9.60% 29,84,71,535 28-Jul-25 146.4 146.4 132.16 139.12 -4.07% 8,44,89,906 29-Jul-25 137.3 138.54 132 134.65 -3.21% 4,65,88,839 *(All figures in ₹) Figure 1

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