Comparative Analysis of Investigation Imposed by SEBI on Price Rigging and Insider Trading
Author: Raj, P. Christopher
Abstract: The insider trading regulations of the year 2019 entirely replaced the
regulations of the year 2015 and created an entirely new legal framework.
Price rigging is an illegal act of forming bubbles which can burst anytime.
A group of person agreed to simultaneously buy and sell stocks in
circulation in bulk quantity which aggressively inflates the price. The new
regulations introduced various restrictions and exceptions to the practice
of insider trading and rejuvenated the whole meaning of insider trading in
our country. From the analysis of insider trading for the past 2 financial
year (FY) 2018-19 and 2019-20, Security Exchange Board of India has
caught 119 cases of insider trading, which is higher than the number of
cases detected by Security Exchange Board of India in any of the previous
years since its inception. The paper analyses the reasons for violation of
insider trading and the quantum of penalty imposed for violation of
Insider Trading Regulation norms. Also analyze the year wise
investigative cases taken and completed by the SEBI on violation of
insider trading, market manipulation and price rigging. The analysis and
findings will helps to the future research on insider trading and helps to
the strict implementation of new regulation.