Comments
The US Supreme Court has denied an appeal by India-born former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta, who had challenged a ruling by a lower court permanently banning him from serving as an officer or director of a public company.
In the Supreme Court order issued yesterday, Gupta’s certiorari was denied, in effect keeping intact the ruling made by the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit last year which had imposed a permanent injunction prohibiting the former McKinsey head from serving as an officer or director of a public company, associating with brokers, dealers, or investment advisors, and further violating securities law.
The IIT-educated Gupta is currently serving a twoyear prison term in Ayer, Massachusetts.
The ruling by the Supreme Court was made in a parallel civil insider trading case brought against Gupta by federal regulator Securities and Exchange Commission.
A three-judge bench of the Appeals Court had in June last year denied Gupta’s plea to overturn the decision of the district court that had permanently barred him from serving as an officer or director of a public company and associating with brokers, dealers, or investment advisors.
The appeals court had also upheld the decision by the district court that Gupta had to pay $13.9 million as penalty in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s insider trading case. The USD 13.9 million civil fine was not at issue in the Supreme Court appeal and Gupta’s appeal of his criminal conviction is still pending at the Supreme Court.
Gupta has also been ordered to pay a USD five million fine in the criminal case and USD 6.2 million restitution to Goldman Sachs.
In denying Gupta’s appeal, the second circuit court had said it finds “no abuse of discretion” in the imposition of injunctive relief and civil penalties on him by the district court.
“We have considered Gupta’s remaining arguments and find them to be without merit. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court,” the three-judge panel had said.
Gupta had been fighting with all his might to reverse his insider trading conviction and avoid going to jail. He began his prison sentence after fighting a protracted legal battle to clear his name in one of the biggest insider trading schemes in US history.
Comments
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.