Supreme Court had ruled that the managing director and chair of a private bank are 'public servants' under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
Former ICICI Bank CEO, MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband were arrested by CBI Friday for irregularities in loans worth Rs 3,250 crore sanctioned to the Videocon Group between 2009-12.
CBI arrested Kochhar & others in connection to alleged irregularities in loans sanctioned by the bank to the group in 2012, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said Friday.
The probe is linked to alleged siphoning of bank loan funds in connection with the financing of the oil and gas assets of the business house in Mozambique, official sources said.
The CBI is conducting a full blown investigation into the case which centres around NuPower Renewables, a company operated by Deepak Kochhar, ICICI Bank's former CEO Chanda Kochhar's husband.
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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