The custodian appointed to look into the 1992 securities scam today released payments worth Rs 2,196 crore to the income tax department and the State Bank of India from the liquidated assets of Harshad Mehta’s group of companies.
Nearly 19 years after the share scandal shook the BSE, Satish Loomba, the custodian (trial of offences relating to transactions in securities), handed over cheques worth Rs 1995.66 crore to B.P. Gaur, the director-general of investigation (central) of income tax, and Nilima Mansukhani, the chief commissioner of income tax in his Nariman Point office.
Another cheque of Rs 199.25 crore was given to B. Sriram, the chief general manager (securities) of the SBI.
The amounts were released after the Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the distribution order by Justice D.K. Deshmukh of the special court, Mumbai, on payments to the IT department and the SBI.
Justice Deshmukh had issued the order on February 25. The payments were released on the basis of undertakings given by the department of revenue and the SBI that the amounts would be brought back, if ordered by the special court.
Loomba told reporters that the nearly Rs 2,000 crore payment had settled the IT department’s claims of principal amount of dues from Mehta’s companies.
He said according to court orders, the IT department’s claims had to be settled before those of banks and financial institutions. If any money remained, claims related to interest and penalties would be settled for the IT department as well as banks and financial institutions, he said.
The custodian said of the Rs 4,500 crore obtained from liquidation of Mehta’s companies, Rs 4,000 crore had already been disbursed. The rest would be distributed according to apex court orders, Loomba said.
He said of Rs 1,717 crore in claims from banks and financial institutions, nearly Rs 1,000 crore was claimed by the SBI, Rs 500 crore by Standard Chartered Bank and the rest by other banks and FIIs. He said after the nearly Rs 200 crore payment, the SBI had now received the principal amount totalling Rs 800 crore.
The custodian is the principal administrative officer appointed under the Special Court (trial of offences relating to transactions in securities) Act of 1992 to deal with the securities scam and the recovery of huge amounts of money lost by the banks.
Under the act, the officer has the powers for attachment, management and liquidation of assets of notified persons and functions under a system of concurrent judicial review by a special court comprising sitting Bombay High Court judges.
With today’s payments, the custodian has released over Rs 4,000 crore worth of payments from the liquidated assets of Mehta’s group of companies.
Courtesy: - The Telegraph,Kolkata.17/03/2011.
Nearly 19 years after the share scandal shook the BSE, Satish Loomba, the custodian (trial of offences relating to transactions in securities), handed over cheques worth Rs 1995.66 crore to B.P. Gaur, the director-general of investigation (central) of income tax, and Nilima Mansukhani, the chief commissioner of income tax in his Nariman Point office.
Another cheque of Rs 199.25 crore was given to B. Sriram, the chief general manager (securities) of the SBI.
The amounts were released after the Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the distribution order by Justice D.K. Deshmukh of the special court, Mumbai, on payments to the IT department and the SBI.
Justice Deshmukh had issued the order on February 25. The payments were released on the basis of undertakings given by the department of revenue and the SBI that the amounts would be brought back, if ordered by the special court.
Loomba told reporters that the nearly Rs 2,000 crore payment had settled the IT department’s claims of principal amount of dues from Mehta’s companies.
He said according to court orders, the IT department’s claims had to be settled before those of banks and financial institutions. If any money remained, claims related to interest and penalties would be settled for the IT department as well as banks and financial institutions, he said.
The custodian said of the Rs 4,500 crore obtained from liquidation of Mehta’s companies, Rs 4,000 crore had already been disbursed. The rest would be distributed according to apex court orders, Loomba said.
He said of Rs 1,717 crore in claims from banks and financial institutions, nearly Rs 1,000 crore was claimed by the SBI, Rs 500 crore by Standard Chartered Bank and the rest by other banks and FIIs. He said after the nearly Rs 200 crore payment, the SBI had now received the principal amount totalling Rs 800 crore.
The custodian is the principal administrative officer appointed under the Special Court (trial of offences relating to transactions in securities) Act of 1992 to deal with the securities scam and the recovery of huge amounts of money lost by the banks.
Under the act, the officer has the powers for attachment, management and liquidation of assets of notified persons and functions under a system of concurrent judicial review by a special court comprising sitting Bombay High Court judges.
With today’s payments, the custodian has released over Rs 4,000 crore worth of payments from the liquidated assets of Mehta’s group of companies.
Courtesy: - The Telegraph,Kolkata.17/03/2011.
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