Court deems it appropriate to direct the vs Prakash Kaur's casc (l supra) and ICICI Bank Vs.
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Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI BONTHU LOKESH PHANtt\ DRA REDDY Counsel forthe Respondent No.1: SRI ANGOTHU NEHRU ( ;C FORCENTRAL GOVT) Counsel for the Respondent No.3: SRI G. PRAVEEN KUMl,l I Counsel forthe Respondent No.4: SRI R. MANGULAL Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 2, 5 to 7: --- The Court made the following: ORDER ;l,"1 w THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.25821 of 2o25 ORDER: Heard Sri Bonthu Lokesh Phanindra Reddy, learned counsel for petitioner, Sri An gothu Nehru, learned Central Government Standing Counsel for respondent No.l, Sri G. Praveen Kumar, learned coun sel for respondent No.3 and Sri R. Mangulal, learned counsel for respondent No.4. Perused the record \ t
2. When the mattcr is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for \ petitioner subnritted that the issue raised in this Writ Petition is squarely covcred bv thc order passed by this Court in W.P.No.52OO of 2024, dated 25.04.2024 atd therefore, the same order may be passed in this rvrit petition as weil. The operative portion of the said ordei reads as ur'.d e r: "8. For the aforesaid reasons and as the procedure adopted by the respondent Nos.4 to 7 for rccovery of loan amount from the petitioner, amounts to violation of the rights guaranteed under Article s i4 and 21 of the Constitution of India, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the respondents, to ensure that the agents engaged by lhcm for recovery of the loan amounts, shall sLrictly follolr' Lhe guidelines and instructions issued by the lleserve Bank of India and aiso the judgments of thc Hon'ble Supreme Court in ICICI Bank Ltd Vs. Prakash Kaur's casc (l supra) and ICICI Bank Vs. Shanti Devi Sharma's case (2 supra). 9. with rhe abovc said direction, thc writ pctitron is disposcd of." 2 ! l I
3. Accordingly, in terms of the order passe I b_r, this Court in W.P.No.520O of 2024, dated. 25.04.2024, and fo. this writ petition is disposed of directing the res : to scrupulously follow the guidelines/ instru < t Circular datcd l'2.O8.2O22, ancl also the jurl: Supreme Court in ICICI Bank Ltd Vs. prakash thr: reasons alike, rndent authorities on s in the RBI ncr-r Ls of Hon'ble (aur and othersr and ICICI Bank Vs. Shanti Devi Sharma and otlL rs2. Pending misceilaneous applications, if ar i,. shall stand closed. fzoo+)t- Scc +11 r (uoot) + gcc- S 9L To, //TRUE COPY// SD/ ASI K,BHAVANI SWAMY ISTANT REGISTRAR i--=' SECTION OFFICER '1. Secretary, Union of lndia, Ministry of Finance, New Dell Z 9f,!gl Gene-ral Manager, Reserve Bank of lndia (RBl), I, Sansad Marg, New Delhi - 1 10001
3. Chief Manager, INDUSIND Bank Limited, 1-248, .lpper Ground Floor, Miyapur Cross Roads, Bollaram, Telangana 500052 . + Qllet Manager, BAJAJ FINANCE Ltd, 6th Floor, B: aj Finsery Corporate Office, Pune-Ahmednagar Road, Viman Nagar, Pune, \ aharaska'- 411b14. 5. Chief Manag^e^r,^ Pay U Finance India Private Limile l, Empresa Building, Officer No. 102 Second Road, Khar West, Mumbai, Mz t arshtri - 400052. 6. thief Manager, KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK Limitec 36-38A, 3rd Ftoor, Nariman Bhavan, 227 Nariman Point, Mumbai, Mahares rtra - 400021.
7. Chief n{ql"S"r SBI_Cards and Payments Services Lrrited (SBl Card), DLF Cyber City, lowel C, Btock 2, Building 3 DLF lnfinit Tow'ers, 'l2th'Floor, Gurugram, HR - 122OO2.
8. One CC to SRI BONTHU LOKESH PHANTNDRA REt) )y, Advocate [OpUCl I 9_1" CC to SRI ANGOTHU NEHRU (SC FOR CEN-- IAL GOW) Advocate loPUCl 'l0.One CC to SRI G PRAVEEN KUMAR, Advocate [OpU( ] 11. One CC to SRI R MANGULAL, Advocate tOpUCI 12.Two CD Copies PVL PSK '-- ^'-1 HIGH COURT DATED:1710912025 I SI,,\ 0 $ FtB A2[ (-j * SpaTC + k ORDER WP.No.25821 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS \9
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