New Delhi: On Friday, the top court to take a decision on whether the names of individuals and corporations with non-performing assets, which costs around Rs. 500 crore or more could be made civic or not.

The counsel for NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) Prashant Bhushan insisted to the bench make the list public including the names of the defaulters submitted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), after which on Monday, a bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice L. Nageshwar Rao, and Chief Justice T.S. Thakur decided to hold a hearing.

Bhushan said the bench that, “since the apex bank was covered under the Right to Information Act, the list of defaulters with NPAs of Rs. 500 crore or more should be disclosed”.

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