sebi:WTM/TCN/65/IVD2/10/07
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Facts / Headnote
Restrained M/s. Abhinav Investments from accessing the securities market either directly or indirectly and from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in securities for a period of six months, with immediate effect.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11
- s. 11(4)
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 4(a)
- Reg. 47
Parties
- M/s. Abhinav Investments
Holding
SEBI held that Abhinav Investments indulged in circular and synchronized trading in the shares of Adani Exports Ltd., creating artificial volumes and misleading appearances of trading, in violation of Regulation 4 of the PFUTP Regulations, and restrained it from accessing the securities market for six months.
Full text
Page 2 of 36 day from single digit levels (4-9 trades per day) to 40-60 trades per day. Volumes also increased from around 400 shares per day to levels of 7000-8000 shares per day. It was observed that total volume of AEL on NSE during January to March 1999 was 2,66,900 shares while the total volume on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (hereinafter referred to as BSE) during the same period was 2,14,400 shares;
Page 3 of 36 accounted for around 68% of the combined trades executed at NSE and BSE during the investigation period; (iv) on NSE, Prerak and Abhinav dealt through 3 brokers namely JBS, Moneycare and Madhuvan. Further on analyzing the trade logs and order logs on NSE, it was revealed that Abhinav, on several instances, acted as buyer and seller simultaneously from two counters i.e. it gave buy order to one member broker and sell order to another at the same time resulting in squaring off of its own position at the same time;
Page 4 of 36 development of the securities market. Thus the investigation alleged that Abhinav, by trading in the above mentioned manner, violated regulation 4 of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as PFUTP Regulations).
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