SBI Credit Card Outstanding Issue
2 years ago
Hi Sir, I have SBI Credit Card with limit 1,15,000. due to pandemic not made the payment for 6 months. Last January the outstanding amount was 1,72,000. Due to my financial situation I made 10000 rupees every month, upto now 9 months made nearly 1 lakh but my outstanding just reduced to 1,60,000. the bank employees are not ready to provide EMI option. Can I approach legally to sort out this issue
A.1) As you was the regular payer of Bank loan/ credit card there is nothing much to worry as the covid-19 situation is NOT been deliberately bought by you, but it is due to the situations beyond your control.. & a national Disasters .
2) Using of any abusive language with your wife/ family members is very much illegal request you to record all the calls immediately along with the Caller name, time and date and save it into a pen drive forward it to us
3) All this has been banned by the RBI then to advice you that as the situation is beyond your control straight away tell to them that you are unable to pay the outstanding dues. The maximum they can do is keep your name in CIBIL and a secondary advise to you do not convert the credit card dues into the personal loan as credit card interest rates are not backed by RBI & once you get it transferred to personal loan again main point is from where will you pay. Do not mess-up by shifting the liability from one shoulder to another shoulder, it is of NO use, But 1st try to get yourself a good job or business & be stable then only you will be able to repay the bank dues. Don’t worry it is NOT a serious offence that the bank people will hang you. Relax due to COVID-19 the economy has already slowed down & you are not doing this deliberately.
4) Send a email to all the banks asking for more time & if situation improves tell them you have a very positive intend to pay just like you have paid regularly before & if they keep on harassing you then you can tell that they may never get the amount. Also record all their calls & make a pendrive ready of all the recording with date & time & Name of the person calling, as if things really go bad you will have to take a legal action against them.
5) Now it’s the Time to file a police complaint that some unknown people / Recovery Agents with different numbers are calling them, a stern action will be taken.
6) But if you want to defend them and running the legal battle will be a costly task for you …as you have NOT mentioned what is your total outstanding dues. If you are ready for the cost… then task of legal steps are ready and all then I am sure none of the Bank agencies will Harass you anymore as you will be on the side of Legal & more
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2) Using of any abusive language with your wife/ family members is very much illegal request you to record all the calls immediately along with the Caller name, time and date and save it into a pen drive forward it to us
3) All this has been banned by the RBI then to advice you that as the situation is beyond your control straight away tell to them that you are unable to pay the outstanding dues. The maximum they can do is keep your name in CIBIL and a secondary advise to you do not convert the credit card dues into the personal loan as credit card interest rates are not backed by RBI & once you get it transferred to personal loan again main point is from where will you pay. Do not mess-up by shifting the liability from one shoulder to another shoulder, it is of NO use, But 1st try to get yourself a good job or business & be stable then only you will be able to repay the bank dues. Don’t worry it is NOT a serious offence that the bank people will hang you. Relax due to COVID-19 the economy has already slowed down & you are not doing this deliberately.
4) Send a email to all the banks asking for more time & if situation improves tell them you have a very positive intend to pay just like you have paid regularly before & if they keep on harassing you then you can tell that they may never get the amount. Also record all their calls & make a pendrive ready of all the recording with date & time & Name of the person calling, as if things really go bad you will have to take a legal action against them.
5) Now it’s the Time to file a police complaint that some unknown people / Recovery Agents with different numbers are calling them, a stern action will be taken.
6) But if you want to defend them and running the legal battle will be a costly task for you …as you have NOT mentioned what is your total outstanding dues. If you are ready for the cost… then task of legal steps are ready and all then I am sure none of the Bank agencies will Harass you anymore as you will be on the side of Legal & more
If you realize my professional skills, the time & efforts put in by me needs to be truly appreciated, and then Please “CLICK MY LIKES/ THUMBS UP/GIFT” button shown below this reply format & also CLICK/ WRITE a “REVIEW” in 5 star as I have answered your query in detail. Hope this information is useful
ADV. ANISH PALKAR (High Court)
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Remedies against harassment by Recovery Agents
February 18, 2021
Written By : Kishan Dutt Kalaskar Retired Judge
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There are numerous cases of the oppressive and illegal conduct of recovery agents attempting to recover pending dues for the banks' benefit. In the past few years there have been many such instances, to showcase an example, an 81-year-old woman was seriously threatened by recovery agents, she got 375 threatening calls concerning her child's unpaid bank dues. After that, she moved to the police, and a case was filed against these agents. Another incident quoted as per media reports stated that a private bus was halted, and 42 travellers were held hostage for three hours by recovery agents, who needed to recover money from the travel company that owned the bus. These cases affirm that recovery agents/offices are feared in India. A recovery agent seeks clients and organizations that owe instalments to banks. Many of these recovery agents collect the banks'clientspayment dues for a charge or a percentage of the total amount owed. These agents are generally a third-party
https://www.vidhikarya.com/legal-blog#
You may get issue a strong legal notice from my office or file a Suit for Permanent Injunction against Recovery Agents and Bankers.
ICCI Bank Limited vs. Prakash Kaur case,
The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement reiterated its earlier stand that banks cannot deploy musclemen for recovery of loans from defaulters thus forcing them to end their lives.
"We deem it appropriate to remind the banks and other financial institutions that we live in a civilised country and are governed by the rule of law," a bench comprising Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Dalveer Bhandari said.
The court while dismissing the ICICI Bank's plea refused to delete the Delhi High Court's remarks that held the bank and its musclemen responsible for abetting a youth to commit suicide by humiliating him and taking away his motorcycle financed by the largest private sector bank.
It also asked the ICICI Bank to to pay Rs 25,000 as cost of this litigation to the respondents within three weeks and directed the Delhi Police to conclude the investigation against the bank expeditiously within three months, keeping in view the gravity of the allegations.
The court also directed the concerned Deputy Commissioner of Police to submit the investigation report in the Delhi High Court.
According to the court, complaints received by Reserve Bank regarding violation of the above guidelines and adoption of abusive practices followed by banks recovery agents would be viewed seriously.
Reiterating the RBI Guidelines on Engagement of Recovery Agents, the court said, "The Reserve Bank may consider imposing a ban on a bank from engaging recovery agents in a particular area, either jurisdictional or functional, for a limited period. In case of persistent breach of above guidelines, Reserve Bank may consider extending the period of ban or the area of ban."
"RBI had expressed its concern about the number of litigations filed against the banks in the recent past for engaging recovery agents who have purportedly violated the law," Justice Bhandari, writing the verdict for the bench, stated.
RBI in a letter accompanying its April 24, 2008 Guidelines had stated that it might consider imposing a ban on a bank from engaging recovery agents in a particular area, either jurisdictional or functional, for a limited period.
ICICI Bank had moved the apex court seeking deletion of some paragraphs in the High Court order which had said that "...the proximate cause of death of the deceased that led him to commit suicide was on account of humiliation caused by the Bank people from where loan was taken by him."
"The modus-operandi employed by the banks like ICICI for realisation of their loan amount and for recovering the possession of the vehicle against which loans are given is extra legal and by no stretch of imagination they can be permitted to employ musclemen and goons for recovery of their dues even from a defaulting party," the High Court had observed.
The High Court order had come on a petition filed by Shanti Devi Sharma, the deceased's mother, seeking a probe against the ICICI bank and its staff for the unlawful action, which led to the suicide of her 34-year old son Himanshu Dev Sharma.
Sharma had committed suicide in October 2005 by hanging himself at his house after he was allegedly intimidated and humiliated in front of his neighbours and family by recovery agents employed by the bank for recovering the loan amount taken for his motorcycle.
The ICICI Bank had contended that it was within its rights to recover loans and had followed the required procedure for recovering dues.
I could have explained more if background is known to me. I am at your service if you visit my office.
Please give me FIVE STAR if satisfied by my answers and you may approach me through Vidhikarya for further clarifications.
Remedies against harassment by Recovery Agents
February 18, 2021
Written By : Kishan Dutt Kalaskar Retired Judge
Leave a Comment
There are numerous cases of the oppressive and illegal conduct of recovery agents attempting to recover pending dues for the banks' benefit. In the past few years there have been many such instances, to showcase an example, an 81-year-old woman was seriously threatened by recovery agents, she got 375 threatening calls concerning her child's unpaid bank dues. After that, she moved to the police, and a case was filed against these agents. Another incident quoted as per media reports stated that a private bus was halted, and 42 travellers were held hostage for three hours by recovery agents, who needed to recover money from the travel company that owned the bus. These cases affirm that recovery agents/offices are feared in India. A recovery agent seeks clients and organizations that owe instalments to banks. Many of these recovery agents collect the banks'clientspayment dues for a charge or a percentage of the total amount owed. These agents are generally a third-party
https://www.vidhikarya.com/legal-blog#
You may get issue a strong legal notice from my office or file a Suit for Permanent Injunction against Recovery Agents and Bankers.
ICCI Bank Limited vs. Prakash Kaur case,
The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement reiterated its earlier stand that banks cannot deploy musclemen for recovery of loans from defaulters thus forcing them to end their lives.
"We deem it appropriate to remind the banks and other financial institutions that we live in a civilised country and are governed by the rule of law," a bench comprising Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Dalveer Bhandari said.
The court while dismissing the ICICI Bank's plea refused to delete the Delhi High Court's remarks that held the bank and its musclemen responsible for abetting a youth to commit suicide by humiliating him and taking away his motorcycle financed by the largest private sector bank.
It also asked the ICICI Bank to to pay Rs 25,000 as cost of this litigation to the respondents within three weeks and directed the Delhi Police to conclude the investigation against the bank expeditiously within three months, keeping in view the gravity of the allegations.
The court also directed the concerned Deputy Commissioner of Police to submit the investigation report in the Delhi High Court.
According to the court, complaints received by Reserve Bank regarding violation of the above guidelines and adoption of abusive practices followed by banks recovery agents would be viewed seriously.
Reiterating the RBI Guidelines on Engagement of Recovery Agents, the court said, "The Reserve Bank may consider imposing a ban on a bank from engaging recovery agents in a particular area, either jurisdictional or functional, for a limited period. In case of persistent breach of above guidelines, Reserve Bank may consider extending the period of ban or the area of ban."
"RBI had expressed its concern about the number of litigations filed against the banks in the recent past for engaging recovery agents who have purportedly violated the law," Justice Bhandari, writing the verdict for the bench, stated.
RBI in a letter accompanying its April 24, 2008 Guidelines had stated that it might consider imposing a ban on a bank from engaging recovery agents in a particular area, either jurisdictional or functional, for a limited period.
ICICI Bank had moved the apex court seeking deletion of some paragraphs in the High Court order which had said that "...the proximate cause of death of the deceased that led him to commit suicide was on account of humiliation caused by the Bank people from where loan was taken by him."
"The modus-operandi employed by the banks like ICICI for realisation of their loan amount and for recovering the possession of the vehicle against which loans are given is extra legal and by no stretch of imagination they can be permitted to employ musclemen and goons for recovery of their dues even from a defaulting party," the High Court had observed.
The High Court order had come on a petition filed by Shanti Devi Sharma, the deceased's mother, seeking a probe against the ICICI bank and its staff for the unlawful action, which led to the suicide of her 34-year old son Himanshu Dev Sharma.
Sharma had committed suicide in October 2005 by hanging himself at his house after he was allegedly intimidated and humiliated in front of his neighbours and family by recovery agents employed by the bank for recovering the loan amount taken for his motorcycle.
The ICICI Bank had contended that it was within its rights to recover loans and had followed the required procedure for recovering dues.
I could have explained more if background is known to me. I am at your service if you visit my office.
Please give me FIVE STAR if satisfied by my answers and you may approach me through Vidhikarya for further clarifications.
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