SC sets aside NCDRC order on banks levying interest rate on credit card dues
Financial Express Pune|December 21, 2024
● HC was hearing a plea challenging NCDRC decision
ANANTHAKRISHNAN G

THE SUPREME COURT on Friday set aside an order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) which barred banks from charging more than 30% interest on credit card dues.

A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma reversed a 2008 decision of NCDRC that held that it was an unfair trade practice from the part of banks to charge credit card users more than 30% interest rate during delayed payments.

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