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As per latest data from the finance ministry, around 215,000 cases are pending before DRTs till January 2024, of which 162,000 are original applications (OAs) filed under Section 19 of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act (RDB Act), 1993. RBI data showed in FY23, around 58,000 cases with amounts totalling about ₹4.02 lakh crore were referred to DRTs.
This follows a decision by the Bombay High Court earlier this week that said public sector banks (PSBs) dont have the power to recommend, or ask, the central government for the issuance of LOCs against defaulting borrowers.
MUMBAI: Public sector banks had become judge and executioner at once in having look out circulars or LOCs issued against defaulters, said Bombay high .
Against this backdrop, the valuation where it is and also given the fact that the rural portfolio is still not really growing fast and because the rural India spend is still slow, against a combination of these factors I would stay away from the stock.