In extraordinary times, when patients die, doctors get beaten up by a lynch mob. When companies fail, auditors are hauled over the coals. These are indeed extraordinary times. Two top auditors, Deloitte Haskins & Sells and BSR & Co (part of KPMG), are facing the prospect of a ban over their handling of the audit of the beleaguered Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services ( IL&FS ). One more audit firm among the top four, Price Waterhouse & Co Chartered Accountants (PwC), has just resigned from the audit of Anil Ambani's Reliance Capital, and is legally battling a two-year ban by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for its role in the decade-old Satyam scam.