sebi:WTM/SM/IVD/ID10/16578/2022-23
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Facts / Headnote
Proceedings under Section 15-I(3) disposed of without any directions; no enhanced penalty imposed.
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15T
- s. 263
Regulations
- Reg. 3
Holding
The proceedings emanating from the show cause notice dated October 01, 2020 under Section 15-I(3) against the 30 Noticees are disposed of without any directions, i.e., no enhanced penalty is imposed on them.
Full text
Order in the matter of Finalysis Credit and Guarantee Company Limited Page 1 of 31 WTM/SM/IVD/ID10/16578/2022-23 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
Order in the matter of Finalysis Credit and Guarantee Company Limited Page 2 of 31 25. Girdharilal Seduram Jangir ACRPJ1859R 26. Sanjay Atmaram Agarwal AFPPA2329N
Order in the matter of Finalysis Credit and Guarantee Company Limited Page 3 of 31 order dated March 04, 2020, the Hon’ble SAT while disposing of 7 appeal, observed the following while setting aside the order dated May 22, 2019 and remanded the matter to the file of the AO for passing a fresh order in accordance with law within a period of six months: “…8. We are unable to appreciate the rationale provided in the impugned order. A group of entities have been found to be involved in violating provisions of PFUTP Regulations; all of them were individually and collectively responsible for the fraudulent and manipulative activities and thereby creation of artificial volumes and jacking up of the price of the scrip as per the findings. In this context, 144 entities were let off with an administrative warning based on a criteria of less than 0.75% per entity share in the artificial volume. Thereafter, subsequent to the adjudication 30 entities were let off even without an administrative warning based on a criteria of less than 1.78 % per entity share of the artificial volume. There is a huge contradiction on this differential punishment / treatment. Further, we do not find any logic in adopting the cut off of 1.78% of the artificial volume in deciding to let off people who traded below that level without even a warning and in imposing a monetary penalty on entities who traded even slightly above that level. Test of reasonable classification has to be based on legally sound footings
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