Regulator bars Wadia firm from market

Bombay Dyeing among 10 entities facing penalties for misrepresenting financial statements

The logo of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is pictured on the premises of its headquarters in Mumbai, India March 1, 2017. IMAGE: REUTERS

MUMBAI:

India’s Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd has been barred by the country’s capital market regulator from the securities markets for two years.

The company, which is part of the Wadia Group and is engaged in the business of real estate, polyester and textiles, is among 10 entities facing penalties for allegedly misrepresenting financial statements.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a statement late Friday barring Bombay Dyeing and its “promoters” (owners) – Nusli N Wadia and his sons, Ness and Jehangir, from the securities markets for up to two years.

Also named and penalised are Scal Services Ltd, a Wadia Group company, its former directors DS Gagrat, NH Datanwala, Shailesh Karnik and R Chandrasekharan, and Durgesh Mehta, who was joint managing director and chief financial officer of Bombay Dyeing.

The Wadia Group is one of the oldest conglomerates in India with presence in several diversified industries, including consumer goods, real estate, civil aviation, textiles, chemicals and food processing.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 23rd, 2022.

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