RBI bars SR Batliboi from audit of commercial banks for a year

RBI bars SR Batliboi from audit of commercial banks for a year Enforcement action in respect of statutory auditors of commercial banks RBI v

CA Pratibha Goyal

Jun 3, 2019

Last update on Jun 3, 2019

RBI bars SR Batliboi from audit of commercial banks for a year

Enforcement action in respect of statutory auditors of commercial banks

RBI vide its Press Release dated June 29, 2018 had put in place an enforcement action framework in respect of statutory auditors for the lapses in the statutory audit of commercial banks. In terms of the aforesaid enforcement action framework, on account of the lapses identified in a statutory audit assignment carried out by the firm, M/s S.R.Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration Number: 301003E), it has been decided that RBI will not approve the said firm for carrying out statutory audit assignments in commercial banks for one year starting from April 1, 2019. The action taken in the matter has been communicated to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

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CA Pratibha Goyal is Chartered Accountant qualified in 2016, is a Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India having wide experience in the field of Auditing, Taxation, ROC, GST and Secretarial matters etc. She has written over a thousand articles & has made several videos on topics related to Auditing & Taxation. As a Speaker she has delivered various sessions on various branches of NIRC of ICAI.