sebi:WTM/TCN/51/ID2/Sept/2008
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Facts / Headnote
Minor penalty imposed: suspension of certificate of registration of PCSL for five working days
Provisions invoked
- s. 12(1)
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 13(4)
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 5(1)
- Reg. 4(a)
- Reg. 199
- Reg. 3(2)
- Reg. 47
- Reg. 6(1)
Parties
- PCSL (Prerak Commercial Services Ltd)
Holding
PCSL violated Regulation 4(a)-(d) of the PFUTP Regulations, 1995, Clauses A(1) to A(5) of the Code of Conduct under Schedule II of Regulation 7 of the Broker Regulations, and Rule 4(b) of the Stock Brokers Rules, 1992, by facilitating market manipulation in the scrip of AEL through synchronized and reversal trades with Abhinav. A minor penalty of suspension of PCSL's certificate of registration for five working days was imposed.
Full text
Page 2 of 18 3. From the findings of the investigation, it was noted that PCSL was one of the entities who had extensively traded in the scrip of AEL on NSE and BSE as a client through various brokers and had facilitated the market manipulation in the scrip of AEL. Accordingly, it was alleged that PCSL had contravened the provisions of the PFUTP Regulations, the Stock Broker Rules and Stock Broker Regulations. From the trading pattern, it was found that the trading was primarily concentrated amongst 3 brokers – JBS Securities Private Limited (for short JBS), Madhuvan Securities Private Limited (for short Madhuvan) and Money Care Securities & Financial Services Limited (for short Moneycare) and 3 clients; PCSL, M/s Abhinav Investment (for short Abhinav), M/s Anand Investment (for short Anand) who had dealt only through the aforesaid three brokers. The trades done by these clients constituted about 68% of the combined trades in NSE and BSE during the relevant period. The details of trading done by them at NSE and BSE are given in the tables below :
Page 3 of 18 Regulations and Rule 4 (b) of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub Brokers) Rules, 1992. Opportunities of hearing were granted to the Broker on various dates but the matter was finally heard on May 12, 2005 whereupon Shri Deepak Shah appeared on behalf of PCSL before the EO and placed on record their submissions vide letter dated May 27, 2005. The EO submitted Enquiry report on August 23, 2005 indicating that PCSL had violated PFUTP Regulations and Stock Broker Rules (as applicable as on date) and Stock Broker Regulations. The EO therefore recommended a minor penalty of suspension of certificate of registration granted to the PCSL for a period of 5 working days only.
Page 4 of 18 As mentioned above, PCSL along with Abhinav and Anand dealt only through three brokers Moneycare, Madhuvan and JBS. Details of trading of PCSL and the other two clients (Abhinav and Anand) on NSE and BSE are as provided below:
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