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.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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