RBI CIRCULAR ON MORATORIUM ON LOAN REPAYMENT:

Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan will shortly commence hearing petitions which challenged the interest component of the moratorium circular.

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Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah assembles.

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Senior Advocate Rajiv Dutta for the petitioner begins making submissions.

He is taking the Court through the August 6 circular of RBI's COVID-19 regulatory framework.

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Dutta explains how the interest on loan availed would continue to accrue during the moratorium and get added to the principal amount.

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Dutta: The question that arises for consideration is... the public at large is going through a hell of a time I will not go into all that... They came up with a scheme to help us but this is a double whammy for us since they will charge us with compounded interest.
Dutta: By charging interest on interest, these Banks are treating this as default, this is not default on my part. Instead of giving respite the banks are encashing on this.

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Dutta: Since this is not default on my part, they cannot charge me as though I'm in default.
Dutta: This is not revenue for the Banks so they cannot say that they will incur losses.

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Dutta: The whole country is gone under, all the sectors have gone under and they ( @RBI) want Banks to make profits! RBI is only a regulator and are not agents of the Bank as they are treating themselves and it seems that the Banks are hiding behind the RBI.

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Dutta: They want banks to make profits during COVID-19. This is unheard of.

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Dutta: Now the government is saying that there cannot be a "one size fits all" solution so they want to provide restructuring... But don't penalise me! Don't penalise your citizens.

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Dutta: They are trying to enrich themselves. This is very wrong.

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Dutta: Now the government is also backing RBI and the crux of the Centre's reply is that there cannot be a "one size fits all" approach.

Dutta is now taking the Court through Centre's affidavit which was filed yesterday.

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Dutta reads from the affidavit:

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