The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered that all loan recovery proceedings against persons affected by the 2024 Wayanad landslide be kept in abeyance until a petition in the matter is disposed of.

Issuing an interim order, the division bench of Justices AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Jobin Sebastian criticised the Union government for refusing to consider a waiver of bank loans availed by persons affected by the July 2024 landslide.

At least 400 persons were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in the Meppadi area in Wayanad district.

On Wednesday, the bench described the government’s stance on the matter as “unfortunate” and a failure to uphold the right to life and dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution.

“Having lost their lands, and their means of livelihood,

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