Supreme Court of India

Reserve Bank of India and Ors. v. Peerless General Finance and Investment Company Ltd. and Anr.

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Reported as [1996] 1 S.C.R. 58
Bench S.C. Agrawal and G.B. Pattanajk JJ.
Decided 19 January 1996

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal is allowed, the judgment of the Calcutta High Court dated May 3, 1995 in C.O. No. 2!038(W) of 1993 is set aside and the said writ petition filed by the respondents is dismissed.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934-Sectwn 45;K (3)-Pnwer of Reserve Bank to issue directions-Scope of-The Section confers a wide power 011 the Bank to issue directions and the said power is not restricted to or limited to the receipt of deposits only-The Section is an ·eiiabling Provision-Held, ena­ bling provision n1ust be so construed as to subserve the purpose for which it has been enacted. Residuary Non-Banking Companies (Reserve Bank) Directions I987-Para 4A (as inserted by Notification dated I9.4.I993)-Enacted to prevent evasion of directions contained in Paras 6 & 12 o_f 1987 DireLtions­

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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