Supreme Court of India

Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal N. Mistry

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Bench M.Y. Eqbal and C. Nagappan JJ.
Decided 16 December 2015

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From the headnote

Right To Information Act, 2005-ss.2(f), 8(1)(a), (d), (e) and 10(1)- Information under the Act- To what extent can be given - Whether can be denied to the public, by Reserve Bank of India on the ground of economic interest, commercial confidence and fiduciary relationship with other Banks - Held: The ideal of 'Government by the people' makes it necessary that people have access to information on matters of public concern - Therefore, right to information has been made as one of the fundamental rights u/Art. 19 of the Constitution and also 2005 Act has been brought into effect- However…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 2 mentioned

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