ITEM NO.19 COURT NO.1 SECTION XVII-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 6441/2021 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 21-12-2020 in RP No. 3333/2013 passed by the National Consumers Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi]

HDFC BANK LTD. & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS JESNA JOSE Respondent(s)

IA No. 184868/2022 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND ARGUE IN PERSON WITH SLP(C) No. 16232/2024 (IX)

FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 159599/2024, FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 159600/2024, FOR APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION ON IA 178942/2024 and FOR APPLICATION FOR TAGGING/DETAGGING ON IA 268760/2024 FOR CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION ON IA 268761/2024)

Date : 07-05-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR For Petitioner(s) :

Mr. S.S. Ray, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Praveena Gautam, AOR Mr. Pawan Shukla, Adv.

Ms. Tissy Annie Thomas, Adv.

Mr. Rohan Bansla, Adv.

Mr. Narender Hooda, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Rishab Raj Jain, Adv.

Ms. Kajal Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Amiti Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Shiv Bhatnagar, Adv.

Mr. Yuvraj Nandal, Adv.

Signature Not Verified Digita lly s ign ed b y Mr. Sonal Jain, AOR Deepak Guglani D 16 a : t 5 e 5 : :F2 0 0 1 2 oI 5 S . T 0r5.09 Respondent(s) :

Reason:

Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Rahul Gupta, AOR Mr. Atul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dipan Sethi, Adv.

Mr. Snehashish Bhattacharya, Adv.

Mr. Alok Tripathi, AOR Mr. Aniruddha Deshmukh, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.

Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Respondent in Person UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following

O R D E R

SLP(C) No. 6441/2021 In view of the judgment of this Court in Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited vs. Suresh Chand Jain & Anr., (2024) 9 SCC 148. the learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw the present special leave petition and states that the petitioners will approach the jurisdictional High Court by way of a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

The learned Senior Advocate states that the interim order granted by this Court on 29.06.2021 may be continued for a period of four weeks to enable the petitioner to approach the jurisdictional High Court for interim relief also.

Taking the aforesaid statements on record, the special leave petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty, as prayed.

The interim order dated 29.06.2021 shall continue to operate for a period of four weeks from today.

To be listed before the Bench presided over by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha in the week commencing

11.08.2025.

The issue involved in SLP(C) No. 6441/2021, titled “HDFC Bank Limited & Anr. vs. Jesna Jose”, which has been disposed of by us today, was different. The Circular dated 06.07.2017 issued by the Reserve Bank of India was not the subject matter of SLP(C) No.

6441/2021.

We clarify that we have not made any comment on the merits of the present case.

(DEEPAK GUGLANI) (ANU BHALLA)

AR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)