Hyderabad: Taking as a serious view of harassments of borrowers by lenders operating through loan apps, the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the state’s Director-General of Police to take steps to block or delete the said lending apps from play stores and other platforms by approaching the officials concerned of the providers of these apps.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy also directed the DGP to take immediate and prompt steps to nab the culprits responsible for issuing instant loans to people through these instant online apps at exorbitant interest rates and directed the police to submit a status report by March 18, with all details of the action taken in this regard.
The Court was adjudicating a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Kalyan Dileep Sunkara, a practicing advocate of the High Court, seeking indulgence of the High Court in directing the state police to take immediate steps to stop…
