RBI wants audit firm partners under lens to stay off banks

The RBI has placed significant responsibility on statutory auditors of banks over the last one year.

Audit firm partners who are in the midst of any disciplinary proceedings will be barred from signing the balance sheet of any bank or even engage in the audit process. This is the latest directive to banks from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which over the last one year has placed significant responsibility on statutory auditors of commercial banks. Thus, even chartered accountant firms which face no ban either from the RBI or the court could be forced to pull out some of their senior partners from playing a role in any bank audit.
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