New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Four banks-Bank of Baroda (BoB), RBL Bank, Yes Bank and State Bank of India (SBI)-have approached the Central Information Commission (CIC) objecting to the disclosure of information relating to non-performing assets (NPAs), defaulters, penalties and inspection reports, despite the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holding that such records are "liable to be disclosed" under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The objections follow separate RTI applications filed with the RBI by Dheeraj Mishra, Vathiraj, Girish Mittal and Radha Raman Tiwari.

The applicants sought information including the list of top 100 NPAs, details of wilful defaulters of Yes Bank, inspection reports of SBI and RBL Bank, and documents related to a Rs 4...