https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197541 Synchronised or related-party trades are not prohibited per se under the unfair trade practices regulations; liability arises only when they are shown to create a false or misleading market appearance or to manipulate price or volume. Here, the trades were executed on-screen at prevailing market prices, and the record did not establish that the parties engineered an artificial price rise or fall. In the absence of concrete proof of market impact or deliberate price manipulation, the restraint order could not be sustained and was set aside. en-us Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:25:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197541 Synchronised or related-party trades are not prohibited per se under the unfair trade practices regulations; liability arises only when they are shown to create a false or misleading market appearance or to manipulate price or volume. Here, the trades were executed on-screen at prevailing market prices, and the record did not establish that the parties engineered an artificial price rise or fall. In the absence of concrete proof of market impact or deliberate price manipulation, the restraint order could not be sustained and was set aside. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197541