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2022 Supreme(SC) 1008

B. R. GAVAI, C. T. RAVIKUMAR
HDFC Bank Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the parties : Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR Mr. Jatin Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv. Mr. O. P. Gaggar, AOR Mr. Divyanshu Sahay, Adv. Ms. Shradha Narayan, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sahay, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Goel, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, AOR Mr. Anand Gautam, Adv. Mr. Nipun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sachin Singh, Adv. Mr. Vidur Ahluwalia, Adv. Mr. Anant Vikram Singh, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv. Mr. Arjun Bhatia, Adv. Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv. Ms. Akshata Joshi, Adv. Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pranaya Goyal, AOR Mr. Firasat Ali Siddiqi, Adv. Mr. Sarfaraj Khan, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Swarup Sharma, AOR Ms. Praveena Gautam, AOR Mr. Pawan Shukla, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raja Ram, Adv. Mr. Aman Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. M/s. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Misha, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Kant, Adv. Ms. Mahima Sareen, Adv. Moulshree Shukla, Adv. Mr. Eklavya Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv. Mr. Krishnan Singhal, Adv. Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv. Mr. H. S. Parihar, AOR Ms. Ikshita Parihar, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Goyal, AOR Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aman Raj Gandhi, AOR Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR

ORDER :

B.R. GAVAI, J.

1. For the reasons stated in I.A. No.68597 of 2021 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.1159 of 2019 for Impleadment, the same is allowed.

2. This batch of writ petitions has been filed by various Banks including private banks, inter alia, challenging the action of the respondent-Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter referred to as “RBI”) in directing disclosure of confidential and sensitive information pertaining to their affairs, their employees and their customers under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as “the RTI Act”), which, in their submission, is otherwise exempt under Section 8 thereof.

3. We are treating Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1159 of 2019 as the lead matter.

4. Interlocutory Applications being I.A. No. 51632 of 2022 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.1159 of 2019 and I.A. No.54521 of 2022 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.683 of 2021 have been filed by the applicant-Girish Mittal, thereby seeking dismissal of the present writ petitions.

5. It is the contention of the applicant that the present writ petitions, in effect, are challenging the final judgment and order dated 16th December 2015, passed by this Court in the case of Reserve Bank of India vs


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