Supreme Court of India

Deposit Insurance & Credit Guarantee Corporation v. Ragupathi Ragavan & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 8 S.C.R. 124
Bench Anil R. Dave and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 1 July 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court had exceeded its authority while giving a direction to the Official Liquidator, which is not in consonance with the statutory provisions and therefore, we set aside the D judgment and order delivered by the learned Single Judge as also by the Division Bench and direct the Official Liquidator and the Special Officer to act in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

c Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961- ss. 3(1), 16, 21- Deposits made by depositors with the banking companies - Insurance by appel/ant­ Corporation - Bank in financial difficulties - Liability of the Corporation - Amount insured in respect of each depositor was only Rs. 1 lakh as such all the depositors not paid the entire amount deposited with the bank- Writ petition by some of the depositors seeking payment of amount which exceeded Rs. 1 lakh from the Official Liquidator- Direction by Single Judge to the Special Officer to pay the amount deposited by the

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