Ratan was extremely ethical in his dealings, which he brought to bear on the business house which he helmed, remembers Sailesh Kottary.
Call it a coincidence - as Ratan Tata was preparing to hand over the baton of Tata Sons to Cyrus Mistry, Sebi banned Dilip Pendse, former MD of the erstwhile Tata Finance from the capital market for a period of two years.
The case related to a series of transactions in the shares of Global Telesystems entered into by Nalini Properties, a company controlled by Pendse, and Inshaallah Investments and Nishkalp Investments, which were TFL associates. In an order issued on Thursday, SAT said: "There is no evidence to show that the accounts and records were falsified to perpetrate the alleged fraud."
Securities and Exchange Board of India has prohibited Dilip Pendse, former managing director of Tata Finance Ltd.
The Mumbai high court on Friday ordered CBI to probe the complaint filed by Tata Finance Ltd against its former managing director Dilip Pendse for allegedly cheating the company to the tune of Rs 400 crore.
Sebi ruled that Pendse has violated various provisions of the PFUTP Regulations and the Securities Contracts Regulation Act with his illegal transactions.