Jayadesh V. vs Reserve Bank Of India on 29 September, 2023
5. We submit that, our Bank has filed a Writ Petition before the Hon'ble Supreme
Court, seeking quashing of the similar dismissal orders passed by the FAA of the
RBI in respect of objections of the Bank under Sec. 11 of the RTI Act (in an RTI
Application filed by Dheeraj Mishra) and further prayer to direct the RBI, not to
disclose without concurrence of Banks, any information/data collected by RBI in
course of inspections, audit or specific directions in exercise of its powers as
regulator of Banks, including information about customers, management of the
banks, business plans, trade secrets, risk ratings and other regulatory information
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and unpublished price sensitive information. The said Writ Petition has been
registered and numbered as W. P. (C) No. 690/2021 and is pending adjudication
before the Hon'ble Supreme Court and has since been tagged with other simitar
Writ Petitions filed by different Banks, for analogous hearing. A copy of the
aforesaid Writ Petition can be submitted to this Hon'ble Commission as and when
directed. Hon'ble Supreme Court vide Order dated 30/09/2022 in the Writ Petition
No. 1159/2019 [HDFC Bank Ltd. versus Union of India] and a batch of other similar
matters, whereby dismissing the Interim Applications filed by Information
Applicant(s), the Hon'ble Court observed that, "..42.