Supreme Court of India

Reserve Bank of India v. Jayantilal N. Mistry

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Reported as [2015] 14 S.C.R. 505

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,

Authorities it was built on

2002 Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms and Anr. cited by 34
2003 People's Union for Civil Liberties (pucl) and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 33
1975 State of U.P. v. Raj Narain & Ors. cited by 11
2011 Central Board of Secondary Education & Anr. v. Aditya Bandopadhyay & Ors. cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2019 Anjali Bhardwaj and Others v. Union of India and Others relied on
2022 Hdfc Bank Ltd. & Ors v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2019 Central Public Information Officer, v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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