Tag: article 14

Supreme Court

Forcible Vehicle Repossession: Supreme Court Strengthens Borrower Protection and Directs RBI to Ensure Compliance

The Supreme Court has held that banks and financial institutions cannot resort to forcible or arbitrary repossession of vehicles in violation of contractual terms and RBI guidelines. In Hari Dutta Sharma v. State of U.P., the Court found the repossession of a truck without the required notice to be unlawful, awarded ₹10 lakh compensation for loss of livelihood and directed the RBI to ensure genuine compliance with its recovery guidelines.

Supreme Court

The ₹2,000 UPI Threshold: Constitutional and Regulatory Questions Before the Supreme Court

The Centre's new Merchant Discount Rate framework for specified UPI transactions above ₹2,000 has been challenged before the Supreme Court in Anjan Datta v. Union of India & Ors. The petition raises questions concerning Article 14, Article 19(1)(g), delegated legislation, consumer impact and the statutory authority underlying the new UPI payment framework.

Supreme Court

Married Daughters Cannot Be Denied Compassionate Appointment: Supreme Court Strikes Down Bihar's Discriminatory Policy

A two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has held that a Bihar government policy restricting compassionate appointment to only "divorced or deserted" daughters — while placing no such condition on sons — is arbitrary and unconstitutional. The Court set aside a Patna High Court judgment that had upheld the rejection, ruling that marital status can never be the basis for denying a daughter's claim to compassionate appointment.