Investor Charter

VISION

To follow highest standards of ethics and compliances while facilitating the trading by clients in securities in a fair and transparent manner, so as to contribute in creation of wealth for investors.

MISSION

  1. To provide high quality and dependable service through innovation, capacity enhancement and use of technology.
  2. To establish and maintain a relationship of trust and ethics with the investors.
  3. To observe highest standard of compliances and transparency.
  4. To always keep ‘protection of investors’ interest’ as goal while providing service.

Services provided to Investors

  • Execution of trades on behalf of investors.
  • Issuance of Contract Notes.
  • Issuance of intimations regarding margin due payments.
  • Facilitate execution of early pay-in obligation instructions.
  • Settlement of client’s funds.
  • Intimation of securities held in Client Unpaid Securities Account (CUSA) Account.
  • Issuance of retention statement of funds.
  • Risk management systems to mitigate operational and market risk.
  • Facilitate client profile changes in the system as instructed by the client.
  • Information sharing with the client w.r.t. exchange circulars.
  • Redressal of Investor’s grievances.

Rights of Investors

  • Ask for and receive information from a firm about the work history and background of the person handling your account, as well as information about the firm itself.
  • Receive complete information about the risks, obligations, and costs of any investment before investing.
  • Receive recommendations consistent with your financial needs and investment objectives.
  • Receive a copy of all completed account forms and agreements
  • Receive account statements that are accurate and understandable.
  • Understand the terms and conditions of transactions you undertake.
  • Access your funds in a timely manner and receive information about any restrictions or limitations on access.
  • Receive complete information about maintenance or service charges, transaction or redemption fees, and penalties.
  • Discuss your grievances with compliance officer of the firm and receive prompt attention to and fair consideration of your concerns.

Various activities of Stock Brokers with timelines

S.No. Activities Expected Timelines
1. KYC entered into KRA System and CKYCR 10 days of account opening
2. Client Onboarding Immediate, but not later than one week
3. Order execution Immediate on receipt of order, but not later than the same day
4. Allocation of Unique Client Code Before trading
5. Copy of duly completed Client Registration Documents to clients 7 days from the date of upload of Unique Client Code to the Exchange by the trading member
6. Issuance of contract notes 24 hours of execution of trades
7. Collection of upfront margin from client Before initiation of trade
8. Issuance of intimations regarding other margin due payments At the end of the T day
9. Settlement of client funds 30 days / 90 days for running account settlement (RAS) as per the preference of client. If consent not given for RAS – within 24 hours of pay-out
10. ‘Statement of Accounts’ for Funds, Securities and Commodities Weekly basis (Within four trading days of following week)
11. Issuance of retention statement of funds/commodities 5 days from the date of settlement
12. Issuance of Annual Global Statement 30 days from the end of the financial year
13. Investor grievances redressal 30 days from the receipt of the complaint

DOs and DON’Ts for Investors

DOs DON’Ts
  1. Read all documents and conditions being agreed before signing the account opening form.
  2. Receive a copy of KYC, copy of account opening documents and Unique Client Code.
  3. Read the product / operational framework / timelines related to various Trading and Clearing & Settlement processes.
  4. Receive all information about brokerage, fees and other charges levied.
  5. Register your mobile number and email ID in your trading, demat and bank accounts to get regular alerts on your transactions.
  6. If executed, receive a copy of Power of Attorney. However, Power of Attorney is not a mandatory requirement as per SEBI / Stock Exchanges. Before granting Power of Attorney, carefully examine the scope and implications of powers being granted.
  7. Receive contract notes for trades executed, showing transaction price, brokerage, GST and STT etc. as applicable, separately, within 24 hours of execution of trades.
  8. Receive funds and securities / commodities on time within 24 hours from pay-out.
  9. Verify details of trades, contract notes and statement of account and approach relevant authority for any discrepancies. Verify trade details on the Exchange websites from the trade verification facility provided by the Exchanges.
  10. Receive statement of accounts periodically. If opted for running account settlement, account has to be settled by the stock broker as per the option given by the client (30 or 90 days).
  11. In case of any grievances, approach stock broker or Stock Exchange or SEBI for getting the same resolved within prescribed timelines.
  1. Do not deal with unregistered stock broker.
  2. Do not forget to strike off blanks in your account opening and KYC.
  3. Do not submit an incomplete account opening and KYC form.
  4. Do not forget to inform any change in information linked to trading account and obtain confirmation of updation in the system.
  5. Do not transfer funds, for the purposes of trading to anyone other than a stock broker. No payment should be made in name of employee of stock broker.
  6. Do not ignore any emails / SMSs received with regards to trades done, from the Stock Exchange and raise a concern, if discrepancy is observed.
  7. Do not opt for digital contracts, if not familiar with computers.
  8. Do not share trading password.
  9. Do not fall prey to fixed / guaranteed returns schemes.
  10. Do not fall prey to fraudsters sending emails and SMSs luring to trade in stocks / securities promising huge profits.
  11. Do not follow herd mentality for investments. Seek expert and professional advice for your investments.

Grievance Redressal Mechanism

Level 1 – Approach the Stock Broker at the designated Investor Grievance e-mail ID of the stock broker. The Stock Broker will strive to redress the grievance immediately, but not later than 30 days of the receipt of the grievance

Level 2 – Approach the Stock Exchange using the grievance mechanism mentioned at the website of the respective exchange.

Timelines for complaint resolution process at Stock Exchanges against stock brokers

S.No. Type of Activity Timelines for activity
1. Receipt of Complaint Day of complaint (C Day).
2. Additional information sought from the investor, if any, and provisionally forwarded to stock broker. C + 7 Working days.
3. Registration of the complaint and forwarding to the stock broker. C+8 Working Days i.e. T day.
4. Amicable Resolution. T+15 Working Days.
5. Refer to Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC), in case of no amicable resolution. T+16 Working Days.
6. Complete resolution process post GRC. T + 30 Working Days.
7. In case where the GRC Member requires additional information, GRC order shall be completed within. T + 45 Working Days.
8. Implementation of GRC Order. On receipt of GRC Order, if the order is in favour of the investor, debit the funds of the stock broker. Order for debit is issued immediately or as per the directions given in GRC order.
9. In case the stock broker is aggrieved by the GRC order, will provide intention to avail arbitration Within 7 days from receipt of order
10. If intention from stock broker is received and the GRC order amount is upto Rs.20 lakhs Investor is eligible for interim relief from Investor Protection Fund (IPF).The interim relief will be 50% of the GRC order amount or Rs.2 lakhs whichever is less. The same shall be provided after obtaining an Undertaking from the investor.
11. Stock Broker shall file for arbitration Within 6 months from the date of GRC recommendation
12. In case the stock broker does not file for arbitration within 6 months The GRC order amount shall be released to the investor after adjusting the amount released as interim relief, if any.

Grievance Redressal Mechanism of AMIT SAHITA and AMIT SAHITA FINANCE PVT. LTD.

Details of Contact Person Address Contact No. Email Id
Sr. Manager Sanjay Dubey 24-26, Ground Floor, Cama Building, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai 400001 +91 9987080642 amitsahita.ops@gmail.com
Compliance Officer Mrs. Yogini Sahita 24-26, Ground Floor, Cama Building, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai 400001 022-22641364 amitsahita@hotmail.com
Proprietor Mr. Amit Sahita 24-26, Ground Floor, Cama Building, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai 400001 +91 9820138115 amitmsahita@gmail.com

In absence of response/complaint not addressed to your satisfaction, you may lodge a complaint with
SEBI at https://scores.sebi.gov.in
NCDEX at https://ncdex.com/grievances
MCX at https://www.mcxindia.com/Investor-Services , https://igrs.mcxindia.com/

Please quote your Service Ticket/Complaint Ref No. while raising your complaint at SEBI SCORES/Exchange portal