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Fair Practice Code

The Fair Practices Code of the Company has been adopted by the Board of Directors of the company in their meeting held on October 31, 2006 in terms of the RBI Circular no. RBI / 2006-07 /138 DNBS (PD) CC No. 80 / 03.10.042 / 2005-06 dated September 28, 2006.

(i) Applications for loans and their processing

(a) Loan application forms would include necessary information which affects the interest of the borrower, so that a meaningful comparison with the terms and conditions offered by other Company can be made and informed decision can be taken by the borrower. The loan application form may indicate the documents required to be submitted with the application form.

(b) The Company shall after due verification of the documents, give acknowledgement for receipt of all loan applications. Preferably, the time frame within which loan applications will be disposed of would also be indicated in the acknowledgement.

(ii) Loan appraisal and terms/conditions
The Company would convey in writing to the borrower by means of sanction letter or otherwise, the amount of loan sanctioned along with the terms and conditions including annualised rate of interest and method of application thereof and keep the acceptance of these terms and conditions by the borrower on its record.

(iii) Disbursement of loans including changes in terms and conditions

(a) The Company would give notice to the borrower of any change in the terms and conditions including disbursement schedule, interest rates, service charges, prepayment charges etc. Company would also ensure that changes in interest rates and charges are effected only prospectively. A suitable condition in this regard would be incorporated in the loan agreement.

(b) Decision to recall / accelerate payment or performance under the agreement would be in consonance with the loan agreement.

(c) Company would release all securities on repayment of all dues or on realisation of the outstanding amount of loan subject to any legitimate right or lien for any other claim Company may have against borrower. If such right of set off is to be exercised, the borrower shall be given notice about the same with full particulars about the remaining claims and the conditions under which Company are entitled to retain the securities till the relevant claim is settled/paid.

(iv) General

(a) Company would refrain from interference in the affairs of the borrower except for the purposes provided in the terms and conditions of the loan agreement (unless new information, not earlier disclosed by the borrower, has come to the notice of the lender).

(b) In case of receipt of request from the borrower for transfer of borrowal account, the consent or otherwise i.e. objection of the Company, if any, would be conveyed within 21 days from the date of receipt of request. Such transfer shall be as per transparent contractual terms in consonance with law.

(c) In the matter of recovery of loans, the Company would not resort to undue harassment viz. persistently bothering the borrowers at odd hours, use of muscle power for recovery of loans, etc.
(v) The Board of Directors of Company would also lay down the appropriate grievance redressal mechanism within the organization to resolve disputes arising in this regard. Such a mechanism would ensure that all disputes arising out of the decisions of lending institutions' functionaries are heard and disposed of at least at the next higher level. The Board of Directors would also provide for periodical review of the compliance of the Fair Practices Code and the functioning of the grievances redressal mechanism at various levels of management. A consolidated report of such reviews may be submitted to the Board at regular intervals, as may be prescribed by it.

 

 

 

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