Kerala HC: Publication or display of photographs of defaulting borrowers in public will be an invasion of right of the borrowers to live with dignity and reputation.
Jan 03, 2025
Current Affair 1:
In The Management Committee of Chempazhanthi Agricultural Improvement Co-operative Society and Another vs. The Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies, the Kerala High Court held that the publication or display of the photographs of defaulting borrowers will infringe upon their dignity and reputation, and violate their fundamental right to life, as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
Consequently, it is held that coercive recovery methods, like publishing photographs, are unlawful and unconstitutional.
