Moratorium: SC asks Centre, RBI to decide on EMI interest within 3 days

During the hearing, the bench said that it is trying to take a balanced view of the matter, and only wants that wider measures should be adopted.

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India to hold a meeting within three days to decide on waiver of interest on interest for deferred payments of instalments for loans during the moratorium period announced in wake of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

The court was hearing a plea filed by a Agra resident on the issue.

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah said the question is not of waiver of complete interest for entire moratorium period but it is limited only to interest charged on interest by banks.

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