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In two separate orders, made public on Wednesday, the regulator has banned Jignesh Mehta for taking up audits for 10 years and Amit Vinay Chaturvedi for five years.
The NFRA can also recommend accounting and auditing policies and standards to the government for adoption. Before it was set up, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) had, more or less, exclusive jurisdiction over disciplining the auditors. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs and regulators like Sebi have limited oversight over auditors.
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In two separate orders, made public on Wednesday, the regulator has banned Jignesh Mehta for taking up audits for 10 years and Amit Vinay Chaturvedi for five years. A penalty of Rs 5 lakh has also been imposed on each of them. These are among the severest punishments, extended by the NFRA, to scores of DHFL auditors in various cases of misconduct.