sebi:WTM/PS/29/IVD/ID-9/OCT/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Noticee prohibited from taking up new clients for a period of one month; enquiry proceedings disposed of.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 13(2)
- Reg. 13
- Reg. 28(2)
- Reg. 5(1)
- Reg. 38(2)
Parties
- Ramanlal D. Shah, member, Bombay Stock Exchange (SEBI Registration no. INB 010949411)
Holding
The noticee was held to have violated Regulation 7 read with Clause A(2) of the Code of Conduct in Schedule II of the Broker Regulations by allowing Mayekar Investment Pvt. Limited (MIPL) to act as an unregistered sub-broker, but the charges of violating the PFUTP Regulations and aiding and abetting MIPL were not established. The noticee was prohibited from taking up new clients for one month instead of the two-month suspension of registration recommended by the Enquiry Officer.
Full text
Page 2 of 7 of Mayekar Investment Pvt. Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘MIPL’) had executed huge orders. It was also found that MIPL was not a registered sub- broker during the relevant period and the noticee had allowed it to trade in the scrip of SCL in the capacity as a sub-broker.
Page 3 of 7 5. The noticee replied to the SCN vide its letter dated April 25, 2005. Before proceeding further, an opportunity of personal hearing was granted to the noticee on September 06, 2007. However, the noticee requested for adjournment. Pursuant to the change in appropriate authority, another opportunity of personal hearing was granted to the noticee before me on October 22, 2010. The noticee requested for postponement of the date of hearing, vide its letter dated October 12, 2010. The request of the noticee was acceded to and the matter was adjourned to November 12, 2010. The date of hearing was further postponed to November 23, 2010 due to certain administrative reasons. On the date fixed, Mr. Kamlesh R. Shah, Proprietor, Mr. Ketan Shah, Compliance officer, Mr. Arvind Panchal, Adviser, Mr. Prakash Shah, Advocate, Mr. Robin Shah appeared and sought ten days’ time to file the written submissions. However, no written submissions are received from the noticee till date.
Page 4 of 7 - It was under bonafide belief that they could allow MIPL to act as their sub- broker during the pendency of application of registration. It had also entered into broker-sub-broker agreement on June 10, 1999 with MIPL before permitting it to act as sub-broker and collected proper margin for trades executed by MIPL. It had not funded MIPL for the execution of trades in the scrip of SCL. - Given the background of MIPL in terms of payment and delivery, they had no
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