Will challenge Chanda Kochhar's interim bail in Bombay HC: CBI tells SC
Hindustan TimesThe Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it will move an application in the Bombay High Court seeking to cancel the interim bail granted to former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband, Deepak Kochhar, in a loan fraud case, according to a Live Law report. Ex-ICICI Bank MD & CEO Chanda Kochhar Kochhar and her husband were granted bail by the Bombay High Court in January after their arrest by the CBI on December 23, 2022, in connection with the Videocon-ICICI Bank loan fraud case. The Bombay high court criticised the the central agency for what it deemed a "casual and mechanical" arrest of the couple in the loan fraud case, granting them interim bail and questioning the legality of their detention. A look-back at Chanda Kochhar's loan-fraud case In May 2018, ICICI Bank initiated an investigation against Kochhar following a complaint about her alleged role in granting out-of-turn loans worth ₹3,250 crore to the Videocon Group that benefited her husband Deepak Kochhar.