Icici Bank Loan Fraud Case

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ICICI BANK LOAN FRAUD

CASE
 Miss Chanda Kochar, former Managing Director (MD) of ICICI
Bank.
 Deepak Kochar, husband of Miss Chanda Kochar.
 Rajeev Kochar, Bother in law of Miss Chanda Kochar.
 Venugopal Dhoot, Videocon Chief.

 Arvind Gupta, Whistleblower of the fraud case.(He written a letter


to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) somewhere in the year 2018).
 Loan amount : Rs 600 Crore ( approx figure)
 Quid pro quo transaction : Between ICICI Bank (headed by Miss Chanda
Kochar) and Venugopal Dhoot.
Quid pro quo is Latin term for "something for something" that originated
in the middle ages in Europe. It describes a situation when two parties
engage in a mutual agreement to exchange goods or services reciprocally.
In a quid pro quo agreement, one transfer is thus contingent upon some
transfer from the other party.
 Allegations: Venugopal Dhoot transferred the ownership of NuPower
Renewables to Deepak Kochar, the husband of Chanda Kochar for Rs 64
Crore.
 As per the Supreme Court Judgment, the bank employees (whether
public or private) are “Public Servant” within the meaning of
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
 Arvind Gupta further alleges that the same modus operandi was
adopted by Chanda Kochar in granting loans on quid pro quo basis as a
result of which ICICI Bank suffered huge losses
 What measures needs to be taken?
 When investors and flat owners lost their hard-earned money to bad builders, Bombay
High Court directed the police department to treat such cases as criminal and register
the complaints against the builders in question.
 The same principle should be applied when equity investors lose money due to bad
corporate governance.
 To this end, like the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), 2016, a
separate act and regulations are required to protect equity capital investors in the stock
market.
 Thus the policy must address the issues like Nepotism, favouritism, conflict-of-interest,
quid pro quo, transparency, Lack of accountability.
 What are the shortfalls with corporate governance in India?
 Corporate governance is one of the most important differentiators of business
that is distilled from an organisation’s culture, its policies and ethics, especially
of the people running the business, and the way it deals with various
stakeholders.
 While significant steps have been taken by the regulatory authorities in India to
enhance corporate governance, the stakeholders are not protected from poor
corporate governance.
 As soon as common investors and the public come to know about the shady
dealings of management, thousands of crores of net worth is battered by a loss
of market capitalisation over a few months.
 There is no mechanism to compensate the stakeholders for their loss in equity
market due to gruesome corporate governance.

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