The petitions basically tested the RBI's 'Lord bearings on extortion — Characterization and announcing by business banks and select FIs' (monetary organizations) of July 2016 and 2017. The petitions were filed on the grounds that the circular violates fundamental principles of natural justice by omitting the right to a hearing before banks label accounts as "fraud."
Among other petitions, Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale, founders of Jet Airways Naresh Goyal and Anita Goyal, were heard by the HC bench. The Goyals objected to the SBI's decision to label bank accounts as "fraud." The SBI action was halted by the HC.
The Telangana high court's ruling on March 27 that required a hearing under the RBI master circular was upheld by the Supreme Court.
Justices Patel and Gokhale first inquired on Monday regarding SBI's application's clarification of the SC's May 12 order. Senior counsel Milind Sathe, who represented Naresh Goyal, and petitioner Shreyas Doshi, represented by Gaurav Joshi, both submitted that the Supreme Court had recorded solicitor general Tushar Mehta's apprehension that it meant a "personal hearing." They also reiterated that the court's directions are as outlined in the order from March 27, which stated that "application of audi alteram partem (hear the other side) cannot be impliedly excluded
“The principles of natural justice demand that borrowers must be served a notice, given an opportunity to explain the conclusions of the forensic audit report, and be allowed to represent by banks before their account is classified as fraud under the master direction on frauds,” the Supreme Court had stated in a directive.
Anita Goyal's request, contended by senior insight Aabad Ponda, moved the activity of SBI to arrange her ledger as 'extortion' in accordance with the RBI ace round. She claimed that she was a promoter and former non-executive director of Jet Airways (India), but that she never guaranteed any loans that the company took out.
According to Anita's petition, which she filed through the law firm Naik, Naik, and Co., the SBI had declared Jet Airways' bank account as fraudulent and, as a result, also hers without a hearing. The RBI's counsel claimed that the Supreme Court had ruled that "no opportunity of being heard is required before an FIR is lodged and registered." The HC made it clear that the RBI master circular states that no action can be taken in response to any findings. However, the HC made it clear that banks are legally allowed to take any action that is not in accordance with the RBI master circular and does not rely on the fraud declaration's findings. The CBI's attorneys, however, argued that the investigating agencies should be allowed to carry out their investigations.