The corporate affairs ministry on Monday moved NCLT seeking to reopen and restate the financial statements of CG Power & Industrial Solutions under Section 130 of the Companies Act for financial years 2015 to 2019. Alleging financial irregularities, the CG Power board had on August 30, 2019 in a mid-night drama removed the company promoter Gautam Thapar as the non-executive chairman, a position he had held since July 2006. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) directed the ministry to issue notices to market regulator Sebi, the income tax department and Thapar to file reply within a week and also asked the ministry to file the rejoinder a week later. The tribunal has posted the matter for more hearing to December 16. The company said an investigation instituted by its board had found major governance and financial lapses, including some assets being provided as collateral and the money from the loans siphoned off by "identified company personnel, both current and
After sacking founder Gautam Thapar as the chairman of the company, fraud-hit CG Power & Industrial Solutions has moved to declassify him as promoter, as any association with him will be prejudicial to the interests of the company, according to the firm's annual report. The company had in August stated that an investigation instituted by its board had found major governance and financial lapses, including some assets being provided as collateral and the money from the loans siphoned off by "identified company personnel, both current and past, including certain non-executive directors." Thapar, who was non-executive chairman of the company, was removed by its board on August 29. Its new chairman Ashish Kumar Guha in the firm's latest annual report said CG Power has been impacted by several irregular transactions and a detailed investigation concluded that there were "large and significant malfeasances." "The board acted swiftly once it received the Phase 1 (investigation) report ...
It wants chartered accountants to re-open the books of account and recast the financial statements of the company and its subsidiary firms.
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Chairman made the observation related to several irregular transactions that the company revealed in a findings report in August this year
CG Power has asked firms linked to promoter Gautam Thapar to return Rs 3,300 crore
CG Power reported narrowing of consolidated net loss in July-September to Rs 61.47 crore
The shares were transferred from Vistra ITCL, which was earlier acting as the trustee for L&T Finance stake in CG Power
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The company's board had on May 10 sent Neelkant on leave pending an investigation into some "suspect, unauthorised and undisclosed" transactions
The electrical machinery major is fighting to keep the business going amidst scrutiny of allegations of cash-stripping by the promoter group
BS Reporter Avantha Group's Gautam Thapar has moved the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against the order passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), which barred him from the c
The case could be referred to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) if the preliminary inspection report points to a fraud and gaping holes in the books of the firm
Sebi restrained three entities belonging to Thapar-led Avantha Group from diverting their money or disposing of their assets
The scrips were bought at an average price of Rs 14.25 apiece, amounting to a total of Rs 89.31 crore.
KKR India Debt Opportunities Fund II and KKR India Financial Services Ltd acquired a total number of over 6.26 crore shares or around 10 per cent stake in CG Power
The board at its meeting on Friday "terminated the employment of V R Venkatesh as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, for cause, with immediate effect," CG Power said in a regulatory filing
The statement said the decision was in cognizance of the current situation being faced by CG Power and the recent developments
Rs 1,000 crore worth of debt is up for repayment in the next one year's time
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