Case brief
RBI has imposed a ₹2.50 lakh penalty on Jilla Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit, Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The penalty was for not transferring eligible amounts to the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund on time.
Impact
The bank must absorb the penalty and may also face any other action RBI chooses to initiate separately. The order does not itself alter customer contracts or pronounce on the validity of transactions, but it records a regulatory compliance lapse.
Why RBI acted
Regulatory basis
- section 26A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
- section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act