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Arrest not in accordance with law: Bombay HC grants bail to Chanda Kochhar

Kocchar couple had termed their arrest 'illegal' on the ground that no sanction was obtained before their arrest by CBI

Dhoot's plea, Kochhar's demand for home food rejected in ICICI fraud case

A special court here on Thursday rejected Videocon founder Venugopal Dhoot's plea which claimed that his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the alleged loan fraud involving former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar was illegal. The CBI court also rejected applications of Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar for home food, beds, mattresses and chairs. The court directed jail authorities to provide them diet food in consultation with the medical officer. The Kochhars were arrested by the CBI on December 23, while Dhoot was arrested three days later. All three are currently in judicial custody. Dhoot had challenged his arrest claiming it was illegal and sought immediate release from the case. His lawyer S S Ladda, along with advocate Viral Babar, argued that Dhoot was arrested only because the investigating officer came under pressure after the Kochhar couple's arrest. During the first remand hearing of the Kochhars their lawyer questioned why Dhoot had not

SBI, ICICI, HDFC Bank continue to be systemically important banks

Lenders regarded as too big to fail; classification based on data they gave in March 2022

Kochhargate: A litmus test for CBI

The country's premier investigative agency's record in probing complex financial misdeeds is not exactly immaculate

What is Chanda Kochhar loan fraud case?

The banking sector will remember this year for the arrest of Chanda Kochhar -- who was one of the founding members of ICICI Bank. Here's a detailed account of the ICICI Bank loan fraud case

TMS Ep336: Consumer fintech, millets, mid, and small-caps, ICICI Bank fraud

What can India's consumer fintech look forward to in 2023? Can millets be India's own super crop? Will 2023 be the year of mid, and small-caps? What is the ICICI Bank fraud case? Answers here

Chanda Kochhar, Deepak Kochhar, Dhoot sent to judicial custody till Jan 10

A special CBI court here on Thursday sent former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon group founder Venugopal Dhoot to 14-day judicial custody in connection with a loan fraud case. The Kochhars were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last Friday. Dhoot was arrested on Monday. The three were produced before special judge S H Gwalani at the end of their earlier remand on Thursday. The CBI, represented by special public prosecutor A Limosin, did not seek their custody further. The court then sent all the three accused to judicial custody till January 10, 2023. The CBI had named the Kochhars and Dhoot, along with companies Nupower Renewables (NRL) managed by Deepak Kochhar, Supreme Energy Private Limited (SEPL), Videocon International Electronics Ltd (VIEL) and Videocon Industries Limited, as accused in its FIR registered in 2019 under Indian Penal Code sections related to criminal conspiracy and the Prevention of Corruption

Ex-Forbes lister Venugopal Dhoot and Videocon's 'big con' on ICICI Bank

Taking advantage of the sinking ship, other big sharks from the world quickly entered with low prices that virtually decimated Videocon and it was left holding huge banks' liabilities

RBI cracked whip on ICICI, others for flouting norms, but was ignored: RTI

The Reserve Bank of India had slapped show cause notices (SCNs) and imposed penalties on the ICICI Bank and certain other banks way back in 2017, for violating various norms, according to a RTI reply

CBI arrests Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot in ICICI loan fraud case

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

From an industry leader to a defaulter: Rise and fall of Venugopal Dhoot

Starting with a family, which had a dealership of Bajaj Auto's scooters, to becoming the owner of a household name in consumer appliances who could afford to have Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the brand ambassador, Venugopal Dhoot's is a story of an aggressive small town businessman's pursuit to be on the top. Now arrested in connection with the ICICI Bank loan fraud case, Venugopal Dhoot during his heydays was not the one to simply sit on small achievements like Videocon becoming the largest television set manufacturer in India. The eldest son of late Nandlal Madhavlal Dhoot, who founded the Videocon Group in 1984, Venugopal was largely responsible for driving the conglomerate to diversify into various verticals, such as oil and gas, real estate and retail, beyond its successful consumer electronics and home appliances business. Dhoot, the safari-suited businessman, was born into an agricultural family in Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), where his father had a cotton ginning mill

CBI arrests Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot in ICICI Bank fraud case

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

Videocon case: CBI to produce Chanda Kochhar, husband at Mumbai spl court

The CBI will produce ICICI Bank's former CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar at a Mumbai Special Court Saturday afternoon in connection with alleged cheating and irregularities in loans sanctioned by the bank to Videocon Group companies, officials said. The agency will seek a police remand of both accused to interrogate them in connection with the case, they said. A team of CBI officials is accompanying the couple on a flight to Mumbai this morning, the officials said. The Kochhars were called to the agency headquarters on Friday and arrested after a brief questioning session. The CBI has alleged that they were evasive in their responses and did not cooperate in the investigation. Sources said the agency is likely to move at a swift pace to file the first charge sheet in the case, in which the Kochhars could be named along with Venugopal Dhoot of Videocon Group. The CBI had named the Kochhars and Dhoot, along with companies Nupower Renewables (NRL) managed by

Valuation gap with peers is expected to narrow for Axis Bank

It is leveraging the digital ecosystem, focusing on acquisition of corporate salary accounts, and also cross-selling products to existing clients

Bank credit grows 17.5% in a fortnight; deposits up 10%: RBI data

Country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) raised deposit rates by 15-100bps, the maximum increase being for bulk deposits

Banks rush to hike deposit rates, raise funds amid firm loan growth

Major private lenders such as HDFC Bank, ICICI, Axis revise rates; deposit rates now catching up with RBI rate hikes

Stocks to watch: Dalmia Bharat, ICICI Bank, Paytm, ONGC, KEC International

Stocks to watch today: ICICI Bank raised Rs 5,000 crore through bonds to fund business growth; Dalmia Bharat acquired cement assets of Jaypee Group's company for Rs 5,666 crore

ICICI Bank raises Rs 5,000 crore through bonds to fund business growth

Private sector ICICI Bank on Monday said it has raised Rs 5,000 crore through bonds to fund business growth. The bank has allotted 50,000 senior unsecured redeemable long term bonds in the nature of debentures aggregating to Rs 5,000 crore on private placement basis, the date of allotment being December 12, 2022, it said in a regulatory filing. The bonds are redeemable at the end of 7 years (redemption date being December 12, 2029), it said. There are no special rights or privileges attached to the bonds, it added. The bonds carry a coupon of 7.63 per cent payable annually and were issued at par, it said, adding, the bonds would be listed in the relevant segment of the NSE.

'Banks not required to inform about rate change in floating plan': NCRDC

NCDRC said that the borrowers have already agreed to such fluctuations while executing loan agreements

Stocks to Watch: Paytm, HUL, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Jindal Steel, Pharma

Stocks to Watch Today: Shares of Paytm are likely to be in limelight as the company plans share buyback; board to meet on December 13.