Videocon Industries

Sebi orders attachment of bank accounts of Venugopal Dhoot, Electroparts

Capital markets regulator Sebi has ordered the attachment of bank accounts and shares and mutual fund holdings of Venugopal Dhoot and Videocon industries' promoter entity Electroparts (India) to recover dues of around Rs 68.5 lakh. Before this, the regulator on September 30 sent a notice to Videocon Industries' promoter entity Electroparts (India) Pvt Ltd and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Venugopal Dhoot and asked them to pay dues within 15 days in a case on insider trading activities in the shares of Videocon Industries. The attachment notice came after Dhoot and Electroparts (India) failed to pay the fine imposed on them. In two attachment orders passed on Friday, the markets watchdog has ordered the attachment of bank, demat accounts and mutual fund folios of Venugopal Dhoot and Electroparts (India) to recover the pending dues. Going by the notices, dues of Rs 68.52 lakh were pending with Dhoot and Electroparts (India), which includes interest and recovery costs. As per the

Videocon case: Sebi issues Rs 1 cr demand notices to Dhoot, 2 others

Capital markets regulator Sebi has sent demand notices to industrialist Venugopal Dhoot and two other entities, asking them to pay nearly Rs 1.03 crore for insider trading activities in the shares of Videocon Industries. The regulator has warned Venugopal Dhoot of arrest and attachment of his bank accounts and assets as well as other entities if they fail to make the payment within 15 days. Apart from Dhoot, the other two entities who have been sent notices are Electroparts (India) Pvt Ltd and Videocon Realty and Infrastructures. The demand notices came after these entities, including Dhoot, failed to pay the fine imposed on them by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in September 2021. In the event of non-payment of dues, the market watchdog will recover the amount by attaching and selling the moveable and immovable properties of these entities, the regulator said in three separate notices. Besides, they face attachment of their bank accounts and detention. In Sept

Arrest of Chanda Kochhar, husband in ICICI-Videocon loan case illegal: HC

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday held as "illegal" the arrest of ICICI Bank's former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chanda Kochhar and her businessman-husband Deepak Kochhar by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an alleged loan fraud case. A division bench of Justices Anuja Prabhudessai and N R Borkar confirmed a January 2023 interim order passed by another bench granting the duo bail soon after their arrest in the case. The couple was arrested by the CBI on December 23, 2022, in connection with the Videocon-ICICI Bank loan case. They immediately moved the HC challenging their arrest and sought it to be declared as illegal. By way of an interim order, they also sought to be released on bail. On January 9, 2023, the HC, in its interim order, granted bail to the duo after coming down heavily on the CBI for making the arrest in a "casual and mechanical" manner and without application of mind. On Tuesday, the bench led by Justice Prabhudessai allowed the

ICICI-Videocon scam: SC issues notice on plea challenging Kochhar's bail

The CBI arrested the Kochhar couple on December 23, 2022, in connection with the Videocon-ICICI Bank loan fraud case

Credit extended to Videocon caused loss of Rs 1,000 cr to ICICI Bank

The credit facilities sanctioned by the ICICI Bank to the Videocon group turned into non-performing assets (NPAs) of more than Rs 1,000 crore, the CBI has claimed in the charge sheet filed against the bank's former CEO Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon founder Venugopal Dhoot. The over 10,000 pages-long charge sheet was filed recently before a special court for the Central Bureau of Investigation cases here. The Kochhars and Dhoot are now out on bail. After Chanda Kochhar became MD & CEO of ICICI Bank, from May 1, 2009, six 'Rupee Term Loans' (RTLs) were sanctioned to Videocon Group. Between June 2009 to October 2011, RTLs of a total of Rs 1,875 crore were sanctioned to the group by the bank, the charge sheet said. Chanda Kochhar was chairperson of the two-member Committee of Directors which sanctioned RTL of Rs 300 crore in August 2009 to Videocon International Electronics Limited (VIEL). Further, she was a member of the committee of senior managers ...

SC seeks Videocon group founder Venugopal Dhoot's response on CBI plea

Dhoot was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on December 26, 2022, and was granted interim bail by the Bombay High Court on January 20

Bharat Petroleum exercises RoFR to buy Videocon Oil's Brazil assets

Earlier, lenders had given conditional nod to sell 3 basins to Eneva, PetroRio

No legal bar on initiating coercive process against witness: Delhi court

A Delhi court has refused to cancel the non-bailable arrest warrant issued against entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal in a case related to alleged laundering of Rs 60,000 crore by the Videocon Group which it had obtained from a consortium of banks to develop its oil and gas assets in Mozambique, Brazil, Indonesia, Australia and East Timor. Special Judge Rajesh Kumar Goel dismissed the application moved by Duggal, seeking cancellation of an order passed by the court on February 10, 2023 issuing the warrant against him. The application claimed Duggal was only a witness in the case. While dismissing the application, the judge said there was no legal bar on coercive action if a person, who has been summoned by a probe agency, even as a witness, fails to appear despite the service of notice or summons. "This court could not understand as to how to secure the presence of that person, if he is not appearing despite the service of summons. In that eventuality, the only option would be to go fo

Audit of Videocon hints at questionable accounting entries by promoters

A review audit of debt-ridden Videocon Industries has indicated that there may be certain "questionable accounting entries and/or transactions" in the company before the initiation of insolvency proceedings when the company was managed by the promoter Dhoot family. The Resolution professional of Videocon Industries has already filed an application with the NCLT to declare such transactions as "void and be set aside", said a note filed by the company to bourses while updating financial results for four quarters. This has come after an independent transaction review audit was conducted by the resolution professional of the company as required under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code for identification of preferential, undervalued, extortionate and fraudulent transactions. "The resultant observations from the Audit had indicated that there may be certain questionable accounting entries and/or transactions entered into before the commencement of CIRP", the note said. In his plea, Video

Sebi imposes Rs 5 lakh fine on Venugopal Dhoot for disclosure lapses

Sebi on Friday imposed Rs 5 lakh fine on Videocon Group Founder Venugopal Dhoot for not making disclosures about his interest in Supreme Energy as well as for not disclosing that Quality Techno Advisors Pvt Ltd (QTAPL) and Credential Finance Ltd (CFL) were related parties with respect to certain transactions. The order came after Sebi conducted an examination following media reports published in March 2018 regarding certain 'quid pro quo' arrangements between Venugopal Dhoot and former Managing Director and Chief Executive Director of ICICI Bank Ltd Chanda Kochhar in lieu of grant of certain credit facilities by ICICI Bank to some entities belonging to the Videocon Group. The scope of the examination was specifically to ascertain whether Dhoot violated the provisions of LODR (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) rules and provisions of listing agreement in respect of the submissions that were required to be made by Videocon Industries to the stock exchanges. In its order

Lenders to miss March-end deadline to resolve key insolvency cases

Once an account is settled with the highest bidder paying their bid amount, then it frees part of bank's locked fund in an account which could be used for lending purposes

Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot gets interim bail from Bombay HC

Dhoot approached the high court after co-accused Chanda Kochhar, former managing director and chief executive officer of the ICICI bank, and her husband were granted bail

ICICI-Videocon case: Bombay HC grants CBI 3 days to reply on Dhoot's plea

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation 3 days time till Friday to file its reply in a plea filed by Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal N. Dhoot

Bank loan fraud case: Bombay HC to hear Dhoot's plea against CBI arrest

The Bombay High Court will hear on Tuesday a petition filed by Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot seeking to declare his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the ICICI-Videocon bank loan fraud case as "arbitrary and illegal" and to be released on bail. Dhoot's plea was mentioned by his advocate Sandeep Ladda on Monday afternoon before a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P K Chavan, which said it would hear it on Tuesday. The same bench earlier on Monday granted interim bail to Dhoot's co-accused in the case - former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar. The HC, in its judgment, came down heavily on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for making the arrest of Kochhars in a "casual and mechanical" manner and without the application of mind. Dhoot was arrested on December 26, 2022, and is presently in judicial custody. In his plea, he has sought for the CBI FIR to be quashed and for the probe to be stayed, as wel

Bank fraud case: Videocon's Dhoot moves HC against 'illegal' arrest by CBI

Videocon Group founder Venugopal Dhoot, arrested by CBI in the ICICI-Videocon bank loan fraud case, on Monday moved the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the FIR, to declare his arrest as "arbitrary and illegal" and to be released on bail. Dhoot's plea was mentioned by his advocate Sandeep Ladda in the afternoon before a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P K Chavan, which said it would hear it on Tuesday. The same bench, in the morning, granted interim bail to Dhoot's co-accused in the case namely former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar, and her husband Deepak Kochhar. The HC, in its judgment, came down heavily on the Central Bureau of Investigation for making the arrest in a "casual and mechanical" manner and without the application of mind. Dhoot in his plea has sought for the CBI FIR to be quashed and for the probe to be stayed, as well as his release on bail. He was arrested on December 26, 2022, and is presently in judicial custody. In his plea, Dhoot

From industry icon to defaulter: How Venugopal Dhoot lost his empire

The top court's order and cash-for-loans scandal later, rocked the group across verticals; its fate now hinges on SC's ruling on bankruptcy even as the quid pro quo case involving Kocchars goes on

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

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 Insolvency: Wisdom of creditors can't fluctuate, Twinstar tells SC

Appearing for Twinstar, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi said their bid for Videocon Industries Limited was approved by the CoC during the insolvency process of the group

CAG to conduct special audit for DTH service providers on I&B min's orders

The audit will be conducted to ensure that the amount to be submitted to the Centre in the form of the licence fee is "correctly assessed"