Supreme Court of India

Bhavesh D. Parish and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Bench B.N. Kirpal and M.B. Shah JJ.

Decided 12 May 2000

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the provisions of Section 45-S of the Act are valid.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Reserve Bank of India Act, I934: Section 45-S (as substituted by Amendment Act, I997) Constitutionality of-Provisions prohibited non-banking institutions from accepting deposits from the public and placed certain restrictions on them Held: there can be restriction on utilisation of deposits made by the public- But there can be no unrestricted fundamental right to accept deposits fi·om the public-Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1997, S.9.

Authorities it was built on

1993 T. Velayudhan Achari and Anr. v. Union of India and Others cited by 5

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