HDFC BANK LTD. vs UNION OF INDIA

The Supreme Court allowed the impleadment application in a batch of writ petitions filed by various banks challenging the Reserve Bank of India's directive for disclosure of confidential information under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The banks argued that such information is exempt under Section 8 of the RTI Act. The court treated one of the petitions as the lead matter and considered the implications of a previous judgment regarding the maintainability of the current petitions.