An expert committee, set up by the Supreme Court to probe allegations against the Adani group following a bombshell report from a US short seller, has members with potential conflict of interest, a fresh petition filed in the apex court on Monday said.
With the addition of these two directors, the total Board strength of the company increases to 14 which include seven independent directors, including O P Bhatt, Tata Consultancy Services said.
An expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court said it cannot conclude any regulatory failure around Adani Group's stock rallies, and that Sebi has "drawn a blank" in its probe into alleged violations in money flows from offshore entities into the conglomerate. But the six-member panel said there was an evidence of a build-up in short positions on Adani Group stocks ahead of the report of US-based short seller Hindenburg Research, and profiting from squaring off positions after prices crashed post-publication of the damning allegations. "At this stage, taking into account the explanations provided by Sebi, supported by empirical data, prima facie, it would not be possible for the committee to conclude that there has been a regulatory failure around the allegation of price manipulation," the panel said in the report submitted to the Supreme Court.
Describing its choice as a "vote for the future", a distinguished four-member jury selected State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Om Prakash Bhatt as Business Standard's Banker of the Year for 2006-07.
State Bank of India would announce its much-awaited base rate on Tuesday, Chairman OP Bhatt said on Monday. On how much will the rate be, Bhatt said, "Not more than 8 per cent. . . 8 per cent or less."
The central bank will have to draw a balance between the need to fuel economic growth and contain inflation.
State Bank of India will lend about Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) for operators participating in the auction for third-generation (3G) spectrum, SBI Chairman OP Bhatt said.
Under the teaser rates scheme, home loans are offered at 8 per cent in the first year and will be fixed in the initial years and turn floating in the remaining years.
The nation's largest lender State Bank of India today said it will not hike its lending rates immediately but will wait for further signals from the Reserve Bank's forthcoming annual monetary policy.
Sources close to the development said the finance ministry was yet to receive a formal proposal to this effect from the bank, though SBI chairman OP Bhatt had recently said the lender had sought government permission to raise Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 bn).
The State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday said that it was examining the possibility of another round of reduction in its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR), while adding that it was offering the cheapest rates across loan categories.
The nation's largest lender State Bank of India on Monday said it will set the base rate at 8 per cent or even below it.
Last November, he said he wanted SBI's balance sheet to grow from $150 billion (Rs 600,000 crore), at the time, to $250 billion (Rs 10,00,000 crore), in the next couple of years. By the end of the March 2008, SBI had already hit a balance sheet size of Rs 720,000 crore, which meant it had clocked a brisk 28 per cent growth in FY08. But, in the meanwhile the environment too has deteriorated.
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