Supreme Court Dismisses Former Bank Employee’s Plea Seeking Directions Against RBI To Take His Complaint ‘Seriously’
The Supreme Court on Thursday, dismissed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) by a former employee of a bank, seeking directions against the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ensure compliance of his complaint. The chief complaint of the employee was that RBI 'has not taken him seriously for a variety of reasons'.
The SLP challenged an order of the Bombay High Court where it had rejected the petition for being without any substance.
A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sudhanshu Dulia heard the matter.
Senior Advocate Madhvi Divan appeared for the petitioner.
In the pertinent matter, the petitioner had complained about his own employer. It was claimed, that the former employee was interested in ensuring compliance by his former employer-2nd Respondent Bank, with RBI regulations.
A bench comprising Justice G.S. Patel and Justice Neela Gokhale of the Bombay High Court, therefore, while rejecting the petition, had observed, “As an employee, the Petitioner has no legally enforceable or constitutional right to demand that the RBI must act on his complaint. The RBI has no such obligation. We do not expect the RBI to act on every single complaint that comes to it. If there be merit in any complaint, we have every confidence that the RBI will do what is necessary according to its rules, guidelines, and policies. It is, after all, the top regulator in the banking industry and there is nothing to suggest that it does not take its role seriously (to the contrary, in fact)”.
The High Court further noted that “Nothing is shown to persuade us that we must compel the RBI to consider a complaint it does not think meritorious. The Petitioner himself is unaffected one way or the other”.
Accordingly, the bench while refusing to interfere with the impugned order, dismissed the SLP.
Cause Title: Rajesh Tanna v Reserve Bank Of India & Ors.
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