Follow Us:

SFIO

Latest Articles


When Corporate Operations Turn Criminal: Understanding Fraud, Mismanagement & SFIO

Company Law : Explains how routine corporate operations and mismanagement can cross into criminal fraud, highlighting the role of intent in trig...

January 27, 2026 780 Views 0 comment Print

31 FAQ’s on SFIO’s + Inspector’s Investigation of Indian & Foreign Companies in India

Company Law : Explore the depths of SFIOs role and ROC's authority in scrutinizing companies in India. Uncover how these bodies enforce complian...

March 2, 2023 2622 Views 0 comment Print

Investigation into affairs of company by SFIO under Companies Act, 2013

Company Law : Section 212 of Companies Act, 2013 deals with investigation into the affairs of company by Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SF...

February 12, 2023 29934 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court annuls FIR against three Ex-Directors of IL & FS but refrains from providing ‘Clean Chit’

Company Law : In Ravi Parthasarthy and Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu [CRL. O.P. NOS. 3730, 4227, 4095 & 11206 OF 2021 CRL. M.P. NOS. 6647, 664...

September 7, 2021 2163 Views 0 comment Print

Serious Fraud Investigation Office – “Apercu”

Company Law : I. INTRODUCTION:  The recent scams and corporate frauds (White-Collar Crimes, to be more specific) saw an enormous rise since pas...

July 14, 2020 6081 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


SFIO Completes Investigation into Companies with Foreign Investment Links

Company Law : SFIO investigations reveal violations under the Companies Act, leading to prosecutions and company strikes, ensuring accountabilit...

December 9, 2025 537 Views 0 comment Print

SFIO institutes safeguards to prevent misuse of summons and notices

Company Law : SFIO mandates digitally generated summons with QR codes and DINs, enabling online verification to prevent impersonation and misuse...

November 22, 2025 618 Views 0 comment Print

SFIO Introduces Digital Safeguards Against Fraudulent Notices

Corporate Law : SFIO now issues digitally generated Summons/Notices with QR codes and DINs, allowing recipients to verify authenticity online and ...

November 22, 2025 528 Views 0 comment Print

Indian Government Assigns 72 Corporate Fraud Cases to SFIO Since 2019

Company Law : The government addresses SFIO cases, IBC amendments, CSR compliance, and ESG reporting norms for publicly traded companies....

March 20, 2025 1707 Views 0 comment Print

SFIO Probes EV Manufacturers for FAME-II Subsidy Fraud

Corporate Law : SFIO investigates three EV companies for Rs. 297 crore subsidy fraud under FAME-II. Alleged violations include importing restricte...

December 6, 2024 1023 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Dismisses SFIO Probe Plea for Delay and Lack of Statutory Satisfaction

Company Law : The Supreme Court rejected the challenge to an SFIO investigation order due to massive delay and lack of merit. It upheld the High...

February 4, 2026 723 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Quashed SFIO Investigation for Lack of Material & Non-Application of Mind

Company Law : The High Court set aside the SFIO probe after finding that the Central Government failed to show sufficient material or reasons. T...

February 4, 2026 768 Views 0 comment Print

Change of SFIO Probe is Procedural, Not Review: NCLAT Chennai

Company Law : The appellate tribunal held that substituting the investigating agency did not amount to a review or recall. Since the original in...

January 22, 2026 1284 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT upholds NCLT’s Power to Refer Fraud Cases to SFIO

Company Law : NCLAT Delhi confirms NCLT's jurisdiction under Companies Act S.213 and NCLT Rules 11 to refer corporate fraud cases to SFIO, even ...

June 15, 2025 1206 Views 0 comment Print

No automatic bail rejection for mere twin conditions in Section 212 of Companies Act

Company Law : Section 212(6) contemplates that before a court decides to grant bail to an accused, public prosecutor must be given an opportunit...

May 4, 2023 6120 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Keshav Chandra appointed as Director in SFIO under MCA

Company Law : Central Government hereby appoints Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS (AGMUT: 1995) as Director in the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (S...

August 11, 2020 4911 Views 0 comment Print

Committee to prepare Investigation manual for SFIO

Company Law : F. No. Legal-35/3/2020 Government of India Ministry of Corporate Affairs 5th Floor, Shastri Bhavan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New ...

March 6, 2020 1410 Views 0 comment Print

Companies (Arrests in connection with Investigation by SFIO) Rules, 2017

Company Law : (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Arrests in connection with Investigation by Serious Fraud Investigation Office) Rules...

August 24, 2017 7635 Views 0 comment Print

Serious Fraud Investigation Officers authorized for purposes of filing & conducting prosecution under Act

Company Law : In pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 621 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby authorise the...

September 23, 2011 1156 Views 0 comment Print

Company Law – Authorized Serious Fraud Investigation Officers

Company Law : NOTIFICATION NO. G.S.R. 617(E) Section 621 of The Companies Act, 1956 - Offences - Offences Against Act To Be Cognizable Only On C...

August 11, 2011 958 Views 0 comment Print


SFIO asked to put the Satyam prosecution on fast track

May 31, 2009 636 Views 0 comment Print

The Satyam fraud case is top priority of the government, and the investigating agency, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), has been asked to put the prosecution on fast track, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs (independent charge) Salman Khurshid said here Friday. “The case is required to be put on the fast track so […]

Empanelment of CA with Serious Fraud Investigation Office

May 22, 2009 1594 Views 0 comment Print

No.2/2/2007Admn.  dated the 5 th May 2009  SFIO, Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, B3 Wing, 2 nd Floor, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, New Delhi,  SFIO, a multidisciplinary organization set up to investigate corporate frauds, intends to outsource experts in the field of Banking, Law, Forensic Audit […]

SFIO may soon get nod initiate prosecution in Satyam case

May 15, 2009 501 Views 0 comment Print

The government is likely to soon give its nod to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) for initiating prosecution against the persons involved in the Rs 7,800 crore-accounting fraud at Satyam Computer Services. The ministry of corporate affairs is in consultation with the law ministry and will take a decision on filing cases in the Satyam […]

Satyam Auditors involved in falsification of accounts – SFIO

April 19, 2009 510 Views 0 comment Print

Holding global auditors Price Waterhouse guilty of wrongdoings in the multi-crore Satyam scam, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office has informed the government that the bookkeepers were involved in falsification of accounts of the IT firm. Detailing the role of Price Waterhouse partners in the scam involving thousands of crores of rupees, the probing arm of the Corporate Affairs Ministry has concluded after a three month long investigation that the auditors kept silent despite knowing about the failure of the IT firm’s audit system in 2007.

Empanelment of CA Firms with Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)

February 25, 2009 2312 Views 0 comment Print

Serious Fraud Investigation Office has invited applications from Chartered Accountants empanelled with the office of C&AG and who may like to be associated with SFIO for carrying out forensic examination of records of companies ordered for investigation by the government.

Income Tax Dept. asks for documents for Satyam probe

February 6, 2009 342 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department, one of the investigating agencies probing  the Satyam fraud case, has asked the Hyderabad Police for documents related to purchases and investments by the firm’s former Chairman Ramalinga Raju.

AP Police likely to arrests More in Satyam scam

February 6, 2009 502 Views 0 comment Print

Even as Sebi officials are quizzing Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju at the Chanchalguda jail here,  the Andhra Pradesh police are likely to make more arrests in the Rs 7,800 crore fraud involving the IT major. CID officials investigating the case have not ruled out more arrests in about […]

Auditors of Satyam Computers arrested by Hyderabad police

January 25, 2009 642 Views 0 comment Print

Sources in the Hyderabad police said the CB-CID police have arrested Satyam’s two Pricewaterhouse auditors S Gopal Krishnan and Srinivas Talluri last night. Pricewaterhouse had not responded to the arrest, at the time of filing the report.

PwC may be quizzed by US regulator

January 18, 2009 444 Views 0 comment Print

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which is facing a multiple-agency probe within the country for its “unreliable” audit of Satyam Computer Services leading to a Rs 7,000-crore accounting scandal, holds a further risk of being quizzed by US accounting regulator in India, said Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) president Ved Jain.

Ramalinga Raju Empire extends to 40 companies

January 18, 2009 465 Views 0 comment Print

The Ramalinga Raju empire is much wider than what it was originally thought to be. Investigations now show that the Raju family had spawned more than 40 companies in the last 15 years. A majority of these companies — spread across 10 states — sprang up in the last four years and most of them […]

Search Post by Date
May 2026
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031