sebi:WTM/SM/IVD/ID16/16958/2022-23
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Facts / Headnote
Noticee no. 2 (Mr. Ashok Arora) discharged without direction; Noticee no. 3 (Mr. Arvind Mehrotra) found liable for insider trading and disclosure/pre-clearance violations, restrained from securities market for 6 months, directed to disgorge ₹1,03,185 with 9% interest, and penalized ₹10,00,000 under Section 15G and ₹1,00,000 under Section 15A(b).
Provisions invoked
- s. 11
- s. 15A
- s. 19
- s. 11(1)
- s. 12A
- s. 11(2)
- s. 15G
- s. 12
- s. 4A
- s. 30
- s. 23
- s. 11(5)
- s. 11B(2)
- s. 186(1)
Regulations
- Reg. 12(1)
- Reg. 3(i)
- Reg. 2
- Reg. 2(e)
- Reg. 2(k)
- Reg. 13(4)
- Reg. 13(5)
- Reg. 12
Parties
- Ms. Pratibha Advani (Noticee no. 1)
- Mr. Ashok Arora (Noticee no. 2)
- Mr. Arvind Mehrotra (Noticee no. 3)
Holding
Noticee no. 3 (Mr. Arvind Mehrotra) traded in the scrip of NIIT Technologies Limited while in possession of unpublished price-sensitive information (UPSI) regarding a dispute between the company's subsidiary and its client, and also failed to obtain pre-clearance and make required disclosures for a November 14, 2014 transaction; Noticee no. 2 (Mr. Ashok Arora) was discharged as there was no clinching evidence he possessed UPSI when he traded.
Full text
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