sebi:WTM/RKA/IVD/15/2012
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Facts / Headnote
Noticees restrained and prohibited from accessing the securities market and from buying, selling or dealing in securities, directly or indirectly, for a period of two years.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12A
- s. 12
Regulations
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 2(1)(c)
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 2(1)
- Reg. 4(2)
- Reg. 3(c)
- Reg. 4(2)(e)
- Reg. 11(1)
Parties
- Netvision Web Technologies Limited
- Mr. Bharatbhai Jivanlal Patel
- Mr. Sanjiv C. Patel
- Mr. Hemant J. Patel
- Mr. Himanshu J. Patel
- Mr. Dhirendra B. Patel
- Mr. Kantibhai N. Patel
- Mr. Parmesh G. Shah
- Mr. Jay P. Shah
- Mr. Shibu George K
Holding
The noticees were found to have contravened section 12A(b) and (c) of the SEBI Act read with regulations 3(c) and (d), 4(1), 4(2)(f), (k) and (r) of the PFUTP Regulations by issuing seven false, misleading and distorted corporate announcements, and were restrained from accessing the securities market for two years.
Full text
Page 2 of 19 noticees’). It was alleged in the SCN that the notices, by giving such favourable corporate announcements which never materialized, had tried to influence the decision of the investors. They have, by issuing false and misleading announcements, violated section 12A(b) and (c) of the SEBI Act read with Regulations 3(c) and (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(e), (f), (k) and (r) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the PFUTP Regulations’).
Page 3 of 19 c. The performance of the Company started to deteriorate year after year and it was not able to achieve the expected target. The companies that were engaged in software/information technology activities had sustained heavy losses after 2005 ; d. Mr. Sanjiv C Patel, Mr. Kantibhai N Patel and Mr. Hemant J Patel have left India permanently. e. The Company’s reply to be treated as the reply of Mr. Jay P. Shah, Mr. Dhirendra B. Patel and Mr. Parmesh G Shah, who do not hold any shares of the company and are its professional directors. f. Mr. Himanshu J Patel, Mr. Shibu George K and Mr. Bharat J Patel have ceased to be the directors of the Company and are not associated with it now. While denying the allegations Mr. Himanshu J Patel and Mr. Shibu George K have further submitted that they were not looking after the day- to- day affairs of the Company at the relevant period. Therefore, they are not liable for any act of the Company as alleged. They have requested that they should be exonerated from the charges levelled in the SCN. g. As per the definition of fraudulent practice given under the regulations, one should deal in security in order to induce another person or his agent to deal in securities. h. The ventures mentioned in the announcements made by the Company did not fructify for genuine reasons and therefore the Company was not able to implement such projects. He also submitted that the Company and its directors did not have any intention to defraud the sharehol
Page 4 of 19 j. In order to be covered under the prohibition of section 12A (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act read with regulations 3(c) and (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(e), (f), (k) and (r) of the PFUTP Regulations, there should be device, scheme or artifice or act, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as fraud or deceit in connection with issue or dealing with securities. In this case, there were no such device, scheme, artifice, etc. with intend to defraud any person. There was nothing in any of the announcements which was not true or which the Company did not believe to be true. Therefore, the allegations in the show cause notice do not meet the requirements of the provisions of law mentioned therein.
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