sebi:WTM/RKA/ID6/40/2013
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Facts / Headnote
Restrained DSQ Software Limited and Mr. Dinesh Dalmia from accessing the securities market and from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in securities for a period of seven years
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 5(1)
Parties
- M/s. DSQ Software Limited
- Mr. Dinesh Dalmia
Holding
DSQ Software Limited and Mr. Dinesh Dalmia were held to have violated regulation 5(1) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 1995 by making misleading price sensitive statements and by deliberately squeezing the floating stock of DSQ through related-party litigation, and were restrained from accessing the securities market for seven years.
Full text
Page 2 of 11 Infosys 270.20 739.60 174% Wipro 99.10 367.80 271% Satyam 16.60 72.80 339% NIT 450 1082.50 141% Silverline 29.25 108.60 271%
Page 3 of 11 shares on October 24, 1998. The share certificate was subsequently spilt on November 2, 1998. ii. DSQ Industries Limited, a group company of Mr. Dinesh Dalmia, had obtained a packing credit loan from UTI Bank, Calcutta by pledging 7,10,200 shares of DSQ. Since DSQ Industries was unable to repay the loan amount, UTI Bank sold shares in the market during the period March 26, 1998 to April 6, 1998. DSQ Industries Limited approached Calcutta High Court and obtained an interim injunction order on May 14, 1998 restraining DSQ from transferring the shares involved in the dispute in favour of UTI. However, UTI Bank had already sold the shares through Anand Rathi Securities. Anand Rathi Securities approached the court to get the stay order vacated as otherwise the shares sold by the broker would result in bad delivery. UTI Bank had sent a notice on July 18, 1997 to Glix Merchants Pvt. Ltd. (one of the group entities who had pledged the shares with UTI Bank for obtaining the loan for DSQ Industries) regarding default on loan by DSQ Industries and its intention to sell off the shares. Subsequently, DSQ Industries Ltd. withdrew the case and the injunction order was vacated by the Calcutta High Court on July 24, 1998. DSQ on receiving the Court order transferred all the shares involved in the case to the respective transferees.
Page 4 of 11 1998 and such shares shall be transferred by the Company to the respective transferee(s) together with all accruals to which they would have been entitled as if the shares had been transferred to their names on July 2, 1998. The parties reached an out of court settlement and subsequently the order was vacated on September 25, 1998. As per the letter dated May 3, 1999 sent by DSQ to BSE, the Company on receiving the orders transferred all the shares that were subject to the injunction.
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