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HC order on halting privilege for loan defaulters stayed

Published : Wednesday, 3 July, 2019 at 12:00 AM  Count : 863

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed for one week a High Court (HC) order that halted Bangladesh Bank's circular allowing defaulters to reschedule their loans with a repayment period of up to 10 years and get further loans.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the SC Justice Md Nuruzzaman passed the stay order, to be effective till July 8, following a petition filed by the Finance Ministry seeking stay on the HC orders in this regard.
The judge also sent the finance ministry's petition to its full bench for hearing on the matter on July 8.  On May 16, the central bank offered special privileges for loan re-scheduling and one-time payment. Defaulters were allowed to re-schedule loans with 2 percent down payment.
Besides, defaulters will be able to pay the rest of their loans in 10 years and they can also take more loans from the bank.
On the same day, the court ordered the central bank to submit a list within June 24 of those who defaulted on loans above Tk 1 crore in the past two decades, the amount of loan that got interest waiver and measures taken to prevent irregularities when providing such waivers.
The High court on May 21 ordered maintaining a status-quo until June 24 after hearing an appeal. Later, it was extended for two more months.
In January, Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh filed the writ petition seeking a commission to recommend restriction on loan interest waiver and probe irregularities in the sector.
On February 13, the High Court issued a rule seeking a list of loan defaulters within four weeks from the central bank. But the bank failed to submit the list. The court on April 30 gave the bank another 15 days.









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