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This is an archive article published on March 25, 2005

Regulators keep close watch

Even as the stock markets are betting on an imminent deal between the Ambani brothers, regulatory agencies like Sebi, and Department of Comp...

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Even as the stock markets are betting on an imminent deal between the Ambani brothers, regulatory agencies like Sebi, and Department of Company Affairs DCA and the Registrar of Company Affairs RoC, are keeping a close watch on the company.

On Thursday, Sebi officials said they were looking into various charges made against Reliance Industries, but they do not have anything else to add to what has been announced in Parliament by FM P. Chidambaram. The main charge: RIL8217;s investments in Reliance Infocomm are detrimental to shareholders8217; interest.

On the other other hand, RoC has started collating data on the web of Reliance investment companies which hold 29 per cent stake in RIL, but stopped short of any probe.

The data in Mumbai and Ahmedabad RoC offices on various Reliance group companies are being collated following a directive from the government. Vice Chairman of Reliance Industries, Anil Ambani had feared loss of crucial data from the RoC offices, hence the data collection.

Many Reliance investment companies have just updated their records in the last one month, following a directive from them, RoC sources said. Sources in RoC offices say they are not investigating the investment companies as there is no directive from the government as yet. There are vast number of companies, spread across Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

8216;8216;If the government asks us to conduct any inspection, then we have the powers to do it8230; but as of now New Delhi has not showed any interest in investigating any of the Reliance companies including Infocomm,8217;8217; RoC sources said.

 

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