Whether NBFCs regulated by the RBI could also be regulated by State enactments – Nedumpilli Finance Company Ltd. Vs. State of Kerala & Ors. – Supreme Court

The Hon'ble Supreme Court held that the competence of the legislatures of the States of Kerala and Gujarat to enact a law for the regulation of the business of money lending cannot be questioned, as their power is traceable to Entry 30 of List¬-II of the Seventh Schedule. The Hon'ble Court concluded that the Kerala Act and the Gujarat Act will have no application to NBFCs registered under the RBI Act and regulated by RBI. Therefore, all the appeals filed by NBFCs against the judgment of the Kerala High Court are allowed. Likewise the appeals filed by the State of Gujarat against the judgment of the Gujarat high Court are dismissed.

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