The Finance Bill, 2019 has given the SEBI powers to levy huge fines on “entities” that tamper or destroy electronic databases or fail to furnish data during investigation.
Fines are up to ₹10 crore or three times the unlawful gains, whichever is higher.
Individual brokers can be laid fines upto ₹1 crore.
The move is aimed to prevent leak unauthorised leak of pricing information and other sensitive data through Whatsapp and other digital means.