LRs to be issued to foreign agencies to gather more evidence
Summons Matix group Nishant Kanodia for questioning
The agency is probing if alleged kickbacks were generated in the loan deal and laundered to create tainted assets
The ED on Friday conducted searches at the premises of Chanda Kochhar, former chairman ICICI Bank, and Venugopal Dhoot of Videocon Group in Mumbai and Aurangabad, respectively
ICICI bank-Videocon case: ED searches office, residential premises of Chanda Kochhar, Dhoot
Earlier this month, ED had registered a money laundering criminal case against Chanda Kochhar, her husband, Videocon's Venugopal Dhoot, and others
The provision isn't part of legal statute in India, making it vulnerable to legal challenge
The boards of public interest entities should take every allegation by whistle blowers seriously
The CBI has slapped sections of the Indian Penal Code related to criminal conspiracy
ICICI Bank's own compensation policy suggests clawback in the event of 'gross negligence or integrity breach'
Lender has decided to treat her leave from the bank as a termination and claw back her bonuses from April 2009 to March 2018
The Justice B N Krishna committee report has vindicated the agency's stand, the officials said
'I am utterly disappointed, hurt and shocked by the decision', said Chanda Kochhar
The report has been tabled at the bank's board meeting and a discussion on the findings of the investigation is underway; board members will decide further course of action
What further disturbed investors is that some of the current top brass of the bank and its subsidiary are also named in the FIR
On Jan 24, CBI booked former Chanda Kochhar, her businessman husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon MD Venugopal Dhoot in a case of alleged irregularities in the sanctioning of loans by the ICICI bank
It is alleged that Videocon promoter Venugopal Dhoot allegedly invested crores of Rupees in Nupower months after the Videocon group got Rs 3,250 crore as loan from the ICICI Bank in 2012
The RBI, CBI and Sebi are also looking into the matter
According to sources, the SEC has received complaints from institutional investors in the US to look into the matter related to corporate governance and disclosure issues
If found guilty of violating its fair disclosure norms, Sebi can impose a penalty but cannot ask Chanda Kochhar to resign