Ernakulam: The Kerala High Court on came down heavily on the Union government for its stand on the non-waiver of loans taken by victims of the 2024 Wayanad landslides, observing that the Centre had failed the people in their time of crisis, reports Live Law

A division bench comprising Dr Justice A K Jayashankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian said it would pass an interim order staying all loan recovery actions against the victims.

During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General of India A R L Sundaresan , representing the Centre, submitted that there was still ambiguity regarding which ministry should take a final decision on the issue. The Advocate General informed the court that the Ministry of Home Affairs had filed an affidavit reiterating that it could not waive th

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