Supreme Court of India
Hdfc Bank Ltd. & Ors v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that though Judges of the highest court do their best, subject of course to the limitation of human fallibility, yet situations may arise, in the rarest of the rare cases, which would require reconsideration of a final judgment to set right miscarriage of justice complained of.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Constitution of India – Article 32 – Writ petitions, in effect, challenging earlier judgment of Supreme Court – Maintainability of – Finality of judgment vis-à-vis principle of ex debito justitiae – Right to Information Act, 2005 – s.8 – Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Present writ petitions filed by various Banks including private banks, inter alia, challenging the action of the respondent-Reserve Bank of India in directing disclosure of confidential and sensitive information pertaining to their affairs, employees and customers under the RTI Act, which as per…
Authorities it was built on
- 1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1988 A.R. Antulay v. R.S. Nayak & Anr.
- 1966 Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
- 2002 Rupa Ashok Hurra v. Ashok Hurra and Anr.
- 2015 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Another v. Union of India
- 2007 Sanja Y Singh & Anr. v. U.P. Public Service Commission Allahabad and Anr.
- 1952 Keshardeo Chamria v. Radha Kissen Chamhia and Others
- 2013 Thalappalam Ser. Coop. Bank Ltd. and Ors. v. State of Kerala and Ors.
- 1969 State of Gujarat v. Ramprakash P. Puri and Ors.
- 1995 Manohar Joshi v. Nitin Bhaurao Patil and Anr.
- 2012 Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. Cen. Information Commr. & Ors.
- 2012 Bihar Public Service Commission v. Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi & Anr.
- 2015 Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal N. Mistry
- 2014 Union of India and Others v. Major S.P. Sharma and Others
- 1995 Khoday Distilleries Limited and Anr. v. The Registrar General Supreme Court of India
- 1996 Mohd. Aslam v. Union of India and Ors.
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