sebi:WTM/PS/36/IVD/ID-10/MAY/2012

SEBI · SEBI · 2004-10-20 · Prashant Saran, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Certificate of registration of JHP Securities Pvt. Ltd (SEBI Reg No. INB 010990036), member-BSE, suspended for a period of 1 (one) month.

Provisions invoked

• s. 19

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 7
• Reg. 13(2)
• Reg. 13
• Reg. 28(2)
• Reg. 4(c)
• Reg. 28(1)
• Reg. 38(2)

Parties

• JHP Securities Pvt. Ltd

Holding

The noticee broker JHP Securities Pvt. Ltd was found to have acted as a conduit for the transfer of funds from NITCL to Talaulicar and later for the refund of the amount by Talaulicar to NITCL, in violation of Clauses A(1), (3) and (5) of Schedule II of the Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers, and to have maintained deficient client registration and client agreement in violation of SEBI Circular SMDRP/POLICY/CIR/5-97 dated April 11, 1997. Its certificate of registration was suspended for one month.

Full text

Page 2 of 9 appointed an Enquiry Officer under Regulation 28(1) of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub- brokers) Regulations, 1992 to inquire into the dealings of JIP in the scrip of Tata Finance Ltd. (TFL). The Enquiry Officer submitted his Report dated October 20, 2004 in terms of Regulation 13 (1)(b)(ii) of the Enquiry Regulations recommending a penalty of suspension of the certificate of registration of the noticee for a period of four months for violating the provisions of Clauses A(1), (3) & (5) and B(1) & (2) of Schedule II of the Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers under Regulation 7 of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 read with Regulation 4 of SEBI (Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992 and Regulation 4(c) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to the Securities Market) Regulations, 1995.

Page 3 of 9 March 31, 2009 requested for rescheduling the date of hearing. The noticee was then given an opportunity of personal hearing before me on June 3, 2011. However, the noticee failed to appear for the hearing and requested a month’s time to enable him to prepare for the case. Accordingly, the next date for personal hearing before me was fixed on July 15, 2011. The noticee, vide its letter dated July 8, 2011, again requested for postponement of the scheduled hearing.

Page 4 of 9 c. The noticee has an impeccable track record and there is nothing on record to doubt its integrity. d. The noticee had not indulged in any manipulative activity. e. NITCL had transferred Rs.70,00,000 to the noticee by way of adhoc margin since NITCL was contemplating heavy investments in the market. f. The noticee transferred Rs.69,00,000 to JIP as the financial year was ending and there was a credit balance in the account of JIP. The noticee was not concerned with what JIP did, with the amount so transferred . g. Though the proprietor of JIP is related to a director of the noticee, it cannot lead to the inference that they were acting in concert. h. The payment received from NITCL was deposited in the noticee’s capital account as a matter of operational convenience as at the relevant time an excess amount of Rs.5,57,00,000 was lying in the account of NITCL maintained by JHP, which in fact was the noticee’s capital amount. i. The noticee did not have any dealing with JE Talaulicar. j. The amount paid to NITCL in June 2001 was towards its credit lying with the noticee as margin. k. Inadequacies in the client registration forms were a technical lapse. l. The noticee did not delay in making payments to NITCL, and in fact, it was to receive money from NITCL. m. Payments to Superior Financial Consultancy were made at the behest of NITCL. Further, adjustment of debit and credit balances between holding and subsidiary companies by the brokers is a commonly accepted mark

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