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Sebi bans Wadhawan brothers for five years in DHFL fund diversion case

Sebi has barred Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan from the markets for five years in the DHFL fund diversion case and imposed penalties totalling Rs 120 crore on them and ex-executives

Sebi bans DHFL's Kapil Wadhawan, Dheeraj Wadhawan from securities market

Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday barred Dewan Housing Finance Ltd's former CMD Kapil Wadhawan, ex-director Dheeraj Wadhawan, and four others from the securities markets for up to five years for committing financial irregularities, diverting funds, and fabricating books. The others who have been prohibited by Sebi are -- Rakesh Wadhawan, who was non-executive chairman, Sarang Wadhawan, a former non-executive director, Harshil Mehta, joint managing director & CEO, and Santosh Sharma, a former CFO. Sebi also fined the six individuals Rs 120 crore. Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan have each been restrained from the securities markets for five years, while Rakesh Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan face a four-year ban, and Harshil Mehta and Santosh Sharma have been prohibited for three years, according to the Sebi order. During these periods, they cannot access the securities market, deal in securities in any manner, or hold any role such as director or key managerial personnel in ...

SC upholds Piramal Capital & Housing Finance's resolution plan for DHFL

Says all money recovered from fraudulent transactions must be paid to Piramal

SC to hear CBI plea against bail to ex-DHFL promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the CBI's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's order of bail to former DHFL promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan in the multi-crore bank loan scam case. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar issued notice to Wadhawan and sought his response on the plea. The high court on September 9, 2024 granted him bail on medical grounds saying Wadhawan fell within the parameters of a "sick person". During the arguments in the apex court, additional solicitor general S V Raju, representing the CBI, said Wadhawan suffered from no serious medical ailments and huge amounts of money were siphoned off in the case. He argued Wadhawan was a man with "money bags" and spent most of the time out in hospital. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Wadhawan, opposed the submissions and referred to his medical reports. The bench issued notice to Wadhawan and posted the hearing in the week of April 28. The Wadhawan brothers -- Kapil and

'Fake' home loan accounts: CBI closes case against DHFL, its directors

The CBI has closed the case against the DHFL and its directors pertaining to 2.60 lakh allegedly fictitious home loan accounts, some of which were used to claim interest subsidies under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, officials said. After over three years of probe, the agency could not find evidence suggesting a criminal conspiracy which could have led to the creation of such accounts, they said. The irregularities were pointed out in the report of auditor Grant Thornton, appointed by the new board of the scam-hit Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), they said. The agency has now submitted its final report before a special court in Delhi, which would take a call on whether to accept the closure report or order further investigation into the matter. The CBI had booked promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan along with the company. It was alleged that DHFL had opened a fictitious branch in Bandra and fake accounts worth Rs 14,046 crore of home-loan borrowers, who had already repaid th

DHFL scam decoded: Fake borrowers, shell companies, and billions lost

The scam involved accusations of loan fraud, money laundering, and a web of fake borrowers and shell companies.

SC cancels statutory bail of DHFL's former promoters in bank loan scam case

The court set aside the orders of the trial court and the Delhi High Court granting the brothers default or statutory bail

NFRA imposes fine, bans auditors for misconduct in audit of DHFL branches

The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has imposed a fine and a one-year ban on four auditors for alleged professional misconduct in connection with the audit of branches of Dewan Housing Finance Corp Ltd (DHFL) in 2017-18. DHFL (now known as Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Ltd) is a listed entity, owned and controlled by Piramal Group. In four separate orders, NFRA levied a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on auditors -- Mathew Samuel, Sam Varghese, Harish Kumar T K and M Baskaran. The auditors are partners of audit firm K Varghese & Co. Besides, all of them were restrained for a period of one year from undertaking any audit in respect of financial statements or internal audit of the functions and activities of any company or body corporate during the ban period, the order said. "The investigation by NFRA revealed prima facie evidence that the branch auditors had violated both the Companies Act, 2013 and the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 by accepting the appointment that ..

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Bhosale allegedly received 'kickbacks' to facilitate loans from DHFL: CBI

CBI has stumbled upon 2 payments of over Rs 68.8 cr and Rs 292 cr to arrested ABIL chairman Avinash Bhosale's companies made by Radius Developers, whose owner Sanjay Chhabaria was recently arrested

5 days after arrest, Bhosale sent to CBI custody till June 8 in graft case

Avinash Bhosale was arrested on Thursday (May 26) by the central probe agency, which suspects illicit funds were routed through several real estate firms based in Maharashtra.

Delhi court grants bail to Wadhwan brothers, ex-promotors of DHFL, in scam

A Delhi court has granted bail to Dheeraj Rajesh Wadhawan and Kapil Rajesh Wadhawan, ex-promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL) in the alleged multi crore scam case.The Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh while granting bail on Friday (May 13) said, "in the present case as well, the applicant/accused persons- Kapil Rajesh Wadhawan and Dheeraj Rajesh Wadhawan were not arrested during the investigation. A supplementary chargesheet was filed against them without arrest. Investigation Officer (IO) in his reply to the bail applications has stated that there is no requirement of custody".Court noted that the said case pertains to FIR registered under sections 420, 406, 409, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), wherein the allegations were made against the accused Dheeraj Rajesh Wadhawan and Kapil Rajesh Wadhawan were the directors of DHFL during that time and had sanctioned loan to M/s Shubhkamna Buildtech Pvt. Ltd., and entered into a tripartite agreement with the ...

Will step down from Tata board if there's a conflict, says Ajay Piramal

In an interview, Piramal Group chairman said he would not hesitate to step down from Tata Sons board if there is a sense of conflict of interest after his acquisition of DHFL

Kapil Wadhawan's 2nd proposal must be tested on merit, put to vote: NCLT

Directs administrator to place proposal before the CoC and inform the outcome within 10 days

NCLT asks DHFL administrator to place Kapil Wadhawan's offer before CoC

The tribunal has asked CoC to convene within 10 days; DHFL's former promoter had earlier proposed to repay Rs 91,158 cr to lenders

Dewan Housing's second quarter net loss narrows to Rs 2,122 crore

The insolvent Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd has reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 2,122.65 crore for the July-September period

Explained: Why Piramal group is objecting to the Adani's bid for DHFL

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Peeved Piramal says will quit race for DHFL over Adani's 11th-hour bid

Adani, which had earlier bid only for the wholesale book, now want all of DHFL's assets and has pipped both Oaktree and Piramal by bidding higher than each of them

DHFL case: Bogus transactions of Rs 1,864 crore unearthed, says report

According to the report by the transaction auditor, the concerned transactions occurred between FY17 and FY19

DHFL asset sale may get further delayed over 'Bandra Book Entities' report

The report said siphoning off funds by the company was going on since 2006-07 via 91 fictitious entities operating from a Bandra branch