Supreme Court of India

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. v. Hindustan National Glass & Ind. Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 13 S.C.R. 697
Bench A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 11 December 2012

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What the Court ordered

We hold that wilful defaults of parties of dues under a derivative transaction with a bank are covered by the Master Circular and this we hold not because the RBI wants us to take this view, because this is our judicial interpretation of the Master Circular.

Judgment, page 43

From the headnote

Bank/Banking - Master Circular on wilful default issued by Reserve Bank of India - Whether covers a derivative transaction - Held: In view of the mischief the Master Circular seeks to remedy and the purpose of the Master Circular, the definition of 'wilful default' would be construed to mean not only wilful defaults of dues by a bonuwer to the bank under /ender-borrower relationship, but also wilful defaults of dues by a client of the bank under other banking transactions such as bank guarantees and derivative transactions - Reserve Bank of India, Act, 1934 - ss. 45A(c)(v), 45C and 45E.

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