In connection with the multi-billion dollar Satyam scam, the US auditing watchdog has barred from public practice two Indian auditors associated with the IT firm's former auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
The regulator said the amendment to the Sebi (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, provides for 'relaxation from the strict compliance of provisions of Chapter-III in certain cases.' Chapter-III deals with mandatory open offer if an entity acquires 15 per cent stake in a company, as also for acquisition or change of control of the company, among others.
Satyam Computer Services on Friday received approval from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India to facilitate a global competitive bidding process enabling it to sell 51 per cent stake in the company to a strategic investor.
Engineering major Larsen & Toubro said on Tuesday it has not received any intimation from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India regarding its chairman and managing director, A M Naik's comment on the Satyam issue.
India has assured the world that Satyam Computer, embroiled in fraud by founder Ramalinga Raju, will continue to provide its clients world class services.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Monday, Ganesh Natarajan, chairman of National Association of Software and Service Companies, replied to many queries on the Satyam scam.
It is unfortunate that Corporate India's image should be dented in this fashion; but it would be even more unfortunate if the Satyam case did not lead to a more careful scrutiny of what exactly goes on in Corporate India.
The government has already ordered inspection by registrar of companies, Hyderabad, into eight subsidiaries of Satyam Computer and Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties, the companies promoted by the kin of disgraced Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju.
Satyam Case has not ended after court verdict, there's lot to unfold say insiders.
Giving relief to the scam-hit Satyam Computer, the Company Law Board (CLB) on Thursday extended time limit for the IT company to declare quarterly financial results and file statutory documents up to December 31, 2009.
While some industry observers said it's good for the company, others dismissed him as an interim arrangement before the government-appointed board finally sells out the company. In an email interview to Business Standard, A S Murty details his course of action.
The government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it will set aside its order directing scam-hit information technology firm Satyam Computer to pay Rs 617 crore (Rs 6.17 billion) as income tax and will give a fresh hearing to the firm's plea challenging the tax demand.
IT major Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Monday said it would consider bonus issue and financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31 on April 21.
Experts regretted that it has taken too long to deliver justice
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Friday posted a 35.96 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 289.90 crore (Rs 2.9 billion)
While the other two companies in the group--Satyam Computer and Maytas Infrastructure--are back to business-as-usual with new promoters, Maytas Properties (MayProp) is yet to get its house in order. This is despite the passage of more than a year after the founder-promoter, B Ramalinga Raju, confessed to a big accounting fraud.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Thursday reported a 32.81 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 250.72 crore
The Ministry's decision comes more than a year after the payment scam at NSEL came into light in July 2013.
The government had removed all directors related to the Raju family from the board of Satyam before it was handed to the Mahindra group.
Now, it is life as usual in the merged entity, said an associate.
The latest whistle-blower revelations of multiple shenanigans at global ride-hailing app Uber, coming thick and fast after serial exposes of various dodgy practices at Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google in the recent past raises uncomfortable questions about India Inc. If the FAANGs, Twitter and Uber can be guilty of multiple and diverse transgressions what's happening in Indian corporations? It can be nobody's case that India's largely family-owned and - managed private sector is a beacon of transparency or best corporate governance practices, bolstered as it is by an informal omerta among employees, managements and even boards.
This episode showed the maturity of Indian markets. They reward transparency and punish the lack of it.
A Delhi court Wednesday issued summons to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the INX Media money-laundering case on taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against them.
The commonly-held suspicion of wrongdoing pertains to a conflict of interest, but the management maintains that the move was aimed at enhancing shareholder value.
The auditor of ABG Shipyard, which is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the Rs 23,000-crore default to banks, had settled an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) by paying a small settlement fee in 2019. The regulator had initiated an investigation into the fund diversion from ABG Shipyard and had asked the auditor to explain why it failed to detect fund diversion in time. In his settlement application, auditor MN Ahmed, partner of Nisar & Kumar, a chartered accountant firm, said he ceased to be an Indian citizen and has retired from the profession.
It can be noted that ever since Satyam Computers scandal came out in January 2009, the audit world, especially the Big Four, have been under fire from the regulators.
For the Company Law Board, 2009 was a case of fence eating the crop, as the quasi-judicial body that was looking into the affairs of fraud-hit Satyam Computer saw its acting Chairman accused of graft.
Sources said GMR could be the first major Indian corporate to engage multiple auditors. GMR will also rotate the auditors at periodic intervals. The length of the rotation period shall be decided by the company board, based on the recommendation of the audit committee. GMR will also employ the services of reputed audit firms for specific assignments of audit as may be decided by the company's board from time to time on the recommendation of the audit committee.
Zee Entertainment last week witnessed shareholder activism that saw an open call for the ouster of promoters and the incumbent management led by Punit Goenka. Besides, Dish TV also faced a similar call earlier this month. The trouble at Zee Entertainment can be gauged from the fact that this is a unique company wherein the promoters own just 3.99 per cent, but fully control the firm.
Nine months have passed since the country's largest financial scandal hit Satyam Computers, after its promoter Ramalinga Raju confessed to a fraud that its auditors had failed to detect.
The chartered accountants regulator ICAI on Thursday said KMPG cannot audit Satyam's books, but the global auditor said it does not require to register with the regulator to restate the IT company's accounts.
Official sources said the 2000-01 acquisitions -- notably the high-profile purchase of web portal India World Communications from Rajesh Jain for Rs 499 crore (Rs 4.99 billion) -- by Satyam Infoway could mark the start of the company siphoning funds overseas under the guise of acquiring companies. Satyam Infoway was merged with Satyam Computers in 2002.
Most independent directors have mastered the art of nodding whenever the chairman says anything.
Sebi has launched a coordinated investigation with the Registrar of Companies to examine transactions between Satyam and its bankers BNP Paribas, Citibank, HSBC, HDFC and ICICI Bank
Mendu Rammohan Rao, dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB) and an independent director on the board of Satyam Computer Services till recently, has quit the prestigious B-school, according to reports.
Ramalinga Raju's lawyer S Bharat Kumar told the media after his meeting with the Sebi officials that he had sought three day's time for Raju's appearance but they granted time only till tomorrow
A Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) team probing a financial fraud in Satyam Computer on Friday reached founder Ramaling Raju's house here, but returned as the premises was locked.
"I wrote nearly eight letters to Sebi alerting them about Satyam's fraudulent practices and the company's connivance with local politicians but none of the letters elicited any response from the regulator. Sebi remained silent about the issue even while I mentioned to them that MCA launched a fact-finding probe. But the fact is that the MCA probe too was very slow and only on paper," Sarma said.
Earlier, the Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement was approved by the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh and Mumbai. The company then had launched Tech Mahindra as the brand identity of the merged entity.
A senior finance ministry official said, on the condition of anonymity, that the top echelons of the government tried to convince the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for a sympathetic consideration of the company's plea in the case pertaining to the income of the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SCSL) from abroad.
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