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The Kerala High Court has slammed the central government for its refusal to waive loans of those affected by the Wayanad landslides. The court said that the Union government had "failed the people of Kerala" and added that the state "does not need the Centre's charity." The criticism came from a Division Bench comprising Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian.

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Court calls Centre's stance 'bureaucratic babble'

The court was critical of the Centre's affidavit, which claimed there was no legal provision for waiving loans of disaster-hit persons. "Please tell the Union Government it has failed the people of Kerala," the court told government counsel, calling their stance "bureaucratic babble." The judges said, "It is not about whether

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