Declaring a person ‘fraud’ & ‘willful defaulter’ without giving a chance to explain or Challenge is Invalid

Rajesh Agrarwal Vs Reserve Bank of India (Telangana High Court) Aggrieved by the non-inclusion of principles of natural justice in the Master Directions on Fraud (‘the Master Circular’, for short), dated 01.07.2016, issued under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 by the Reserve Bank of India, aggrieved by the decision of the Joint Lenders Forum (‘the JLF’, for short) dated 15-02-2019, and aggrieved by the resolution of the Fraud Identification Committee (‘FIC’, for short) dated 31.07.2019, whereby both the JLF and the FIC have classified the account of M/s. B. S. Limit...