A structured, evidence-led record of selected regulatory findings, court outcomes, professional misconduct, governance concerns and documented public impact.
Updated August 2026 • India & Global coverage
These heads organise the platform visually. A single matter may involve more than one category.
Audit quality, independence, financial reporting and professional standards.
Lending, investor protection, financial conduct, markets and customer impact.
Professional advice, conflicts, governance, independence and advisory responsibility.
DPRs, design, proof-checking, project management, construction supervision, safety and public-works delivery.
Board conduct, disclosure, stewardship, executive responsibility and governance failures.
Regulatory action, statutory bodies, enforcement and public administration.
Documented financial harm, compensation and outcomes affecting citizens or investors.
Ethics, independence, whistleblowing and professional or workplace accountability.
Privacy, data misuse, cyber failures, platforms and technology governance.
The tracker currently uses five primary groups. Each matter appears once in its main group; filters then surface cross-cutting themes without duplicating records.
Project design, supervision, safety, debarment and public-works delivery.
9 recordsA Louis Berger Group Inc.–COWI A/S joint venture was engaged by NHAI for design methodology, proof-checking, construction supervision and operation and maintenance of the cable-stayed bridge across the Chambal River at Kota. A partly constructed bridge suffered extensive damage in a December 2009 collapse, followed by expert review, contractual disputes and arbitration.
Theme Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. was the Independent Engineer for operation and maintenance of a four-laning project on NH-66 that included the Old Kali Bridge. After the bridge collapsed in August 2024, NHAI issued a show-cause notice and later imposed a one-year debarment and a ₹20 lakh penalty.
Systra MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. and SYSTRA were appointed as General Consultant for system works on parts of Mumbai Metro Lines 5, 7A and 9. MMRDA issued a January 2025 notice discontinuing the services even though the consultancy term had been extended to December 2026.
The World Bank announced conditional non-debarment of Japan-based Nippon Koei Latin America–Caribbean Co., Ltd. in connection with fraudulent practices under water, sanitation, flood-protection and urban-mobility projects in Argentina and Ecuador.
AECOM Asia Company Limited, as lead partner in the Authority’s Engineer consortium, was engaged for supervision of an eight-lane Dwarka Expressway construction package. An accident on 28 March 2021 involved collapse of two spans during construction.
The World Bank announced a two-year conditional non-debarment of Egis India Consulting Engineers Private Limited in connection with the Second Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project and the Uttar Pradesh Core Road Network Development Project.
Mumbai’s Sewage Disposal Project engaged a consortium including Mott MacDonald Limited and Mott MacDonald Pvt. Ltd. as project management consultant for engineering design, tendering and implementation-related services for major sewage infrastructure.
A World Bank negotiated resolution debarred SMEC International Pty. Ltd. and four controlled subsidiaries based in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for varying periods after an investigation into misconduct in South Asia.
The World Bank debarred Feedback Infra Pvt. Ltd. and five affiliates for one year, followed by a conditional non-debarment period, in connection with its construction-supervision role on the Lucknow–Muzaffarpur National Highway Project.
Government consulting, procurement, conflicts, confidentiality, ethics and advisory responsibility.
6 recordsA Department of Expenditure advisory circulated across government addresses qualification and evaluation criteria for consultancy procurement, including the assessment of a bidder’s own experience and capability rather than relying on qualifications of parent, subsidiary, affiliate or group entities.
Australia’s Department of Finance and KPMG agreed that KPMG would not bid for new Commonwealth work until 30 September 2026 while an independent review examines relevant aspects of the firm’s culture, ethics, integrity and governance.
The Delhi High Court set aside an Office Memorandum and related GeM communication that had sought to disqualify PricewaterhouseCoopers from government tendering after a dispute over a consultancy bid, holding that the action had been taken without an opportunity of hearing.
McKinsey & Company Africa entered a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay more than $120 million to resolve a U.S. investigation into a scheme involving bribes to South African officials in exchange for consulting contracts at state-controlled entities.
In a response to a UK Parliamentary committee, BCG said its independent investigation found that approval processes had been circumvented in Gaza-related work and that information used to obtain approval for part of the work had been incomplete, inaccurate and/or untruthful.
An Australian Senate inquiry examined the PwC confidentiality matter and wider integrity issues in government consulting, including conflicts of interest, consultant regulation, procurement and the use of confidential government information.
Consulting engagements involving corporate conduct, sensitive data and responsibility for client-facing advice.
2 recordsThe U.S. Treasury announced cancellation of 31 contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, saying the firm failed to implement adequate safeguards for sensitive data, including confidential taxpayer information accessed through IRS-related work.
McKinsey agreed to pay $650 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations into consulting work for Purdue Pharma, including advice concerning sales and marketing of OxyContin.
Audit quality, independence, financial reporting, regulatory inspections and audit-related sanctions.
6 recordsNFRA’s 2026 inspection report on Deloitte Haskins & Sells & Affiliates identified areas requiring improvement, including safeguards around non-audit services and independence, as well as engagement-level observations.
NFRA published its inspection report on Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP and Price Waterhouse & Co Chartered Accountants LLP, identifying deficiencies in areas including independence monitoring, quality controls and selected audit engagements.
EY and the engagement partner admitted breaches concerning going-concern audit work and a deferred tax asset.
PwC and the engagement partner admitted serious and numerous audit breaches, including failures involving professional scepticism and sufficient appropriate audit evidence.
The FCA fined PwC for failing to report its belief that London Capital & Finance might be involved in fraudulent activity.
The FRC imposed substantial sanctions following findings of serious audit breaches across Carillion audits, including issues involving evidence and professional scepticism.
Securities-market conduct, workplace accountability, professional ethics and training integrity.
4 recordsReuters reported that SEBI issued show-cause notices to current and former executives at Indian units of PwC and EY, among others, in connection with alleged sharing or trading on unpublished price-sensitive information linked to Yes Bank’s 2022 capital raise.
The NHRC took suo motu cognisance of reports concerning the death of a 26-year-old chartered accountant employed in Pune and issued notice to the Ministry of Labour and Employment after allegations that excessive workload contributed to her death.
The PCAOB sanctioned Deloitte Netherlands for quality-control failures connected with extensive improper answer-sharing on mandatory professional training tests.
EY admitted facts underlying SEC charges involving cheating by audit professionals on CPA ethics and continuing-education exams and misleading information during the SEC investigation.
This stream is kept visually separate from official accountability records. Articles may explain a documented issue, a professional lesson or a personal experience supported by evidence.
How DPR consultants, Authority’s Engineers, proof-checkers and project-management consultants are held accountable for design, safety, quality, cost and public-project delivery.
A source-backed note on confidentiality, conflicts of interest, public-sector procurement and the duties expected from professional advisers.
A concise format for discussing regulatory findings, customer impact, compensation and governance lessons.
A disciplined way to present an individual experience without turning disputed claims into established fact.
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