sebi:WTM/RKA/IVD9/36/2012
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Facts / Headnote
Certificate of registration of the noticee as stock broker at BSE suspended for one month; noticee discharged on allegations under regulation 4(b) and (d) of PFUTP Regulations, 1995.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12(3)
- s. 329
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 5(1)
- Reg. 13(2)
- Reg. 13
- Reg. 4(a)
- Reg. 4(b)
- Reg. 28(2)
- Reg. 6(1)
- Reg. 6(2)
- Reg. 14
Parties
- M/s Jayantilal Khandwala & Sons Pvt. Ltd.
Holding
The noticee violated regulation 4(a) and (c) of the PFUTP Regulations, 1995 read with regulation 13(2) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 and Clause A(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the Code of Conduct specified in Schedule II read with regulation 7 of the Stock Brokers Regulations, and its certificate of registration as a stock broker at BSE was suspended for one month. The noticee was discharged on the allegations of violating regulations 4(b) and (d) of the PFUTP Regulations, 1995.
Full text
Page 2 of 15 3. It was observed that JKSL's purchases for its clients were very high. In some of the Settlements, JKSL even contributed more than 70% of the purchases at BSE. In settlement no. 19, 23, 24 and 25 JKSL contributed more than half of the volume in the trading of the scrip at BSE. During June 05, 2000 to September 29, 2000, out of 57.39 lakh shares traded at BSE, JKSL purchased, 12,47,091(21.6%) shares and sold 17,18,443 (29.65%) shares of the Company. Further, JKSL dealing on behalf of its above mentioned common clients with KFL swept the sell orders in a short span of time and put buy orders frequently at a price substantially higher than the last traded price and which had led to price rise in the scrip of the Company. Same set of common clients were putting the buy orders, simultaneously at a price higher than the ruling price/ last traded price, through JKSL at BSE and through KFL at NSE. It was also observed that major/ huge sell orders put by JKSL in the scrip of the Company during the period under consideration were getting matched with the buy orders put by M/s Porecha Global Sec. and M/s Arun Porecha on behalf of UTI, within a span of few seconds. It was prima facie observed that JKSL created false volume in the scrip of the Company, artificially increased the price of the scrip and off- loaded the shares to UTI in coordinated manner. Further, contract notes issued by JKSL to its clients did not have the Trade Number, Trade Time and the price at which the
Page 3 of 15 circuit. Similarly, on 17.07.2000, when the last traded price was 74.80, the buy order of JKSL swept the sell orders at the price from 74.80 to 80 within a span of 1 second. This influenced the price by 6.9%. The Enquiry Officer noted more such instances in the annexure to the show cause notice issued by him to JKSL. The Enquiry Officer further noted that these trades influenced the price of the scrip at the BSE. d. Same set of clients were putting orders, simultaneously, at a price higher than the ruling price/ last traded price in the scrip, with JKSL at BSE and KFL at NSE. The simultaneous buy orders definitely influenced the price and mind set of general investors. For example, on June 27, 2000 at 15:06:49, the last traded price was
Page 4 of 15 price/last traded price created artificial depth and influenced the price of the scrip. The synchronized / structured deals were in gross abuse of the trading system and they hampered efficient price discovery in the scrip. i. By doing synchronized transactions, influencing /manipulating the price, creating artificial depth and executing circular, non-genuine trades, JKSL has aided and abetted the management of the Company. Entering into such synchronized trades is a misuse of the stock exchange mechanism and the same tampers with the free, fair and transparent price discovery system of the stock exchange. Such practices where the transactions are put in with a premeditated understanding, in effect, distort and interfere in the price mechanism of the stock exchange and lead to the creation of the false market. j. The contract notes issued by JKSL did not disclose the factual position in relation to the trade number, trade time and price at which the transactions took place. JKSL failed to issue contract notes in the form and manner specified. The JKSL issued third party cheques towards credit balance lying in its clients' account.
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