The wildly popular financial influencer called herself the "She-Wolf of the stock market" - her take on the Hollywood film The Wolf of Wall Street. At last count, she had clocked upwards of half a million subscribers on YouTube and hundreds of thousands on Instagram.

The anti-corruption bureau was directed to begin a probe against former Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and five other officials "in connection with alleged stock market fraud and regulatory violations", Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported.

India's market regulator and the Bombay Stock Exchange will take appropriate legal action to challenge a Mumbai court order against their officials in relation to an alleged stock market fraud and regulatory violations,

Reacting to the court’s order, SEBI, in a statement said it "would be initiating appropriate legal steps to challenge this order and remains committed to ensuring due regulatory compliance in all matters".

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced on Sunday that it would take legal steps to challenge a Mumbai court order directing the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against its former Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch,

SEBI on Sunday said it will initiate appropriate legal steps to challenge the Mumbai court order, which has allowed launching an FIR against former SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch, three current Whole Time Members of SEBI and two officials of the BSE.

A special Anti-Corruption court in Mumbai on Saturday directed the registration of an FIR against top officials of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), including former Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch,