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Sebi on Friday imposed Rs 5 lakh fine on Videocon Group Founder Venugopal Dhoot for not making disclosures about his interest in Supreme Energy as well as for not disclosing that Quality Techno Advisors Pvt Ltd (QTAPL) and Credential Finance Ltd (CFL) were related parties with respect to certain transactions. The order came after Sebi conducted an examination following media reports published in March 2018 regarding certain 'quid pro quo' arrangements between Venugopal Dhoot and former Managing Director and Chief Executive Director of ICICI Bank Ltd Chanda Kochhar in lieu of grant of certain credit facilities by ICICI Bank to some entities belonging to the Videocon Group. The scope of the examination was specifically to ascertain whether Dhoot violated the provisions of LODR (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) rules and provisions of listing agreement in respect of the submissions that were required to be made by Videocon Industries to the stock exchanges. In its order

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Dhoot approached the high court after co-accused Chanda Kochhar, former managing director and chief executive officer of the ICICI bank, and her husband were granted bail

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation 3 days time till Friday to file its reply in a plea filed by Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal N. Dhoot

The Bombay High Court will hear on Tuesday a petition filed by Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot seeking to declare his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the ICICI-Videocon bank loan fraud case as "arbitrary and illegal" and to be released on bail. Dhoot's plea was mentioned by his advocate Sandeep Ladda on Monday afternoon before a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P K Chavan, which said it would hear it on Tuesday. The same bench earlier on Monday granted interim bail to Dhoot's co-accused in the case - former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar. The HC, in its judgment, came down heavily on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for making the arrest of Kochhars in a "casual and mechanical" manner and without the application of mind. Dhoot was arrested on December 26, 2022, and is presently in judicial custody. In his plea, he has sought for the CBI FIR to be quashed and for the probe to be stayed, as wel

Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot, arrested by CBI in the ICICI-Videocon bank loan fraud case, on Monday moved the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the FIR, to declare his arrest as "arbitrary and illegal" and to be released on bail. Dhoot's plea was mentioned by his advocate Sandeep Ladda in the afternoon before a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P K Chavan, which said it would hear it on Tuesday. The same bench, in the morning, granted interim bail to Dhoot's co-accused in the case namely former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar, and her husband Deepak Kochhar. The HC, in its judgment, came down heavily on the Central Bureau of Investigation for making the arrest in a "casual and mechanical" manner and without the application of mind. Dhoot in his plea has sought for the CBI FIR to be quashed and for the probe to be stayed, as well as his release on bail. He was arrested on December 26, 2022, and is presently in judicial custody. In his plea, Dhoot

The top court's order and cash-for-loans scandal later, rocked the group across verticals; its fate now hinges on SC's ruling on bankruptcy even as the quid pro quo case involving Kocchars goes on

Videocon founder sent to custody till December 28, along with ex-ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband

This comes just days after the agency arrested former ICICI Bank's chief executive officer and managing director, Chanda Kochhar, and her husband, Deepak Kochhar on December 23

Appearing for Twinstar, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi said their bid for Videocon Industries Limited was approved by the CoC during the insolvency process of the group

The audit will be conducted to ensure that the amount to be submitted to the Centre in the form of the licence fee is "correctly assessed"

VIL's problems began after it entered the telecommunications (telecom) business and its second generation (2G)-based telecom licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court (SC) in 2012

Govt's PLI sops encourages Adani, Jindal to show interest in VIL's consumer durable business

The Adani group's surprise entry into the race has raised hopes of the lenders who are now expecting an early resolution of Videocon's Rs 64,000 crore of debt

This, after the insolvency appellate tribunal rejected the approval of Rs 2,692 crore bid by Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal-promoted Twin Star Technologies earlier this month

The petitioners have pointed to the fact that the NCLAT order is contrary to previous Supreme Court judgments

A two-member bench observed that the appellate tribunal earlier this month had already set aside the June 8 order passed by the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)

Market participants are already concerned about the rapid global spread of the highly infectious Omicron Covid variant

Remits matter back to Videocon's CoC for fresh bids; resolution plan approved was for only 4.15% of total outstanding claim amount and total hair cut to all creditors was 95.85%

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