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SC’s Continued Shift Toward Creditor-Centric Enforcement Under SARFAESI Act

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that borrowers lose their statutory right of redemption once a valid auction notice is published under Sect...

June 25, 2026 633 Views 0 comment Print

NPAs & Enforcement of Security Interest under SARFAESI Act: Key Legal Issues

Finance : The article explores how the SARFAESI Act empowers banks to recover dues efficiently while highlighting the procedural safeguards ...

June 15, 2026 930 Views 0 comment Print

Loan Fraud & Regulatory Lapses: Gaps in India’s Financial Framework

Finance : The paper shows that loan fraud persists due to enforcement failures, not lack of legal provisions. It highlights delays in detect...

April 2, 2026 714 Views 0 comment Print

Misuse of Insolvency Proceedings to Obstruct SARFAESI Enforcement: A Judicial Response

Corporate Law : The Court held that insolvency proceedings cannot be invoked after completion of SARFAESI auction to stall recovery. It clarified ...

March 21, 2026 1218 Views 0 comment Print

Treatise on rights of borrower under SARFAESI Act, 2002: A Lawyer’s Perspective

Corporate Law : Learn the critical protections available to borrowers facing recovery actions, including notice, appeal, and redemption rights, to...

November 24, 2025 1359 Views 0 comment Print


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SARFAESI Act Misuse: Government’s Lok Sabha Reply

Corporate Law : Ministry of Finance addresses Lok Sabha questions on misuse of SARFAESI Act, detailing existing safeguards for borrowers and regul...

August 7, 2025 732 Views 0 comment Print

No provision to re-seal property already auctioned by nationalized banks

Finance : There is no mention of the term re-sealing of property in SARFAESI Act, 2022 and the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy (RDB) Act, 1...

August 8, 2022 1035 Views 0 comment Print

SARFAESI Act, 2002: 3 month imprisonment if borrower not provide asset details

Corporate Law : The Central Govt has initiated formulation of laws to secure prudential banking & help effect a culture of credit discipline i...

December 21, 2018 2874 Views 0 comment Print

Control and resolution of NPAs

Fema / RBI :  The Gross Advances of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) increased from Rs.25,03,431 crore as on 31.3.2008 to Rs. 68,75,748 crore...

August 8, 2018 1200 Views 0 comment Print

Draft ‘Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2017’ -Govt invite comments

Fema / RBI : It is widely felt that the spectre of high-value economic offenders absconding from India to defy the legal process seriously unde...

May 18, 2017 1188 Views 0 comment Print


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Pending Winding-Up Proceedings Do Not Bar Independent Section 7 IBC Application Unless Irreversible Stage Is Reached: SC

Corporate Law : Supreme Court held that a Section 7 IBC application can proceed despite pending winding-up proceedings where no irreversible stage...

July 3, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Pending NCLAT Appeal Not a Bar to Swiss Challenge Auction as OTS Was Already Rejected: Madras HC

Corporate Law : Madras HC held that a pending NCLAT appeal did not prevent PNB from conducting a Swiss Challenge auction after the OTS proposal wa...

July 3, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print

SARFAESI Auction Quashed as Legal Heirs Were Not Served 15-Day Notice Before Sale

Corporate Law : DRT Chandigarh quashed the auction after finding the bank failed to maintain the mandatory 15-day notice period before sale....

July 1, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print

DRAT Rejects Borrower-Bank Settlement Because Bank Failed to Comply with Refund Order

Corporate Law : The DRAT upheld the DRT's refusal to accept the settlement after finding that the bank had not complied with the final order direc...

June 28, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

SC Reiterates Limits on Article 226 as SARFAESI Provides Effective Statutory Remedy

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that High Courts should ordinarily refrain from entertaining writ petitions in SARFAESI matters where an ef...

June 27, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print


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IBBI Suspends Insolvency Professional for 3 Years Due to Failure to Constitute CoC

Corporate Law : IBBI held that an Insolvency Professional cannot delay constitution of the Committee of Creditors based on settlement discussions ...

June 8, 2026 378 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Reprimands CA for Misleading Audit Report on SARFAESI

CA, CS, CMA : CA. Ravish Maniyar found guilty of professional misconduct by ICAI for failing to disclose pending SARFAESI proceedings in an audi...

May 9, 2024 39120 Views 0 comment Print

RBI Circular: Display of Secured Asset Information under SARFAESI Act

Fema / RBI : Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued Circular RBI/2023-24/63 on September 25, 2023, addressing the display of information relate...

September 25, 2023 4710 Views 0 comment Print

Housing financial companies | Financial institutions | SARFAESI Act

Finance : Central Government hereby specifies such housing financial companies registered under sub-section (5) of section 29A of the Nation...

June 17, 2021 3600 Views 0 comment Print

SARFAESI (Central Registry) (Amendment) Rules, 2020

Corporate Law : Government notifies Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (Central Registry) ...

January 24, 2020 18288 Views 1 comment Print


Resolution plan didn’t require prior approval of CCI as exempt vide MCA notification dated 07.03.2024

July 7, 2025 420 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Delhi held that since the value of corporate debtor was covered by exemption issued by MCA by notification dated 07.03.2024 hence provision of section 5 of Competition Act, 2002 is not applicable, accordingly, there was no requirement of any approval from Competition Commission of India [CCI] for approval of resolution plan.

Restoration application rightly dismissed as undue advantage of moratorium taken by personal guarantor

July 2, 2025 438 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Delhi held that restoration application rightly dismissed as personal guarantor was trying to abuse the process of law by misusing the moratorium available to him under section 96 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Notice u/s. 13(2) of SARFAESI to be treated as notice for invocation of personal guarantee

June 16, 2025 1272 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Delhi held that where Notice under Section 13(2) of SARFAESI Act, 2002 makes a demand as per the Guarantee Agreement between the parties, the Notice has to be treated as notice for invocation of Personal Guarantee.

SARFAESI Act Prevails Over Income and other Tax Claims: Madras HC

June 13, 2025 1110 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court rules SARFAESI Act takes precedence over income tax claims, directing registration of a property sale certificate despite prior tax department attachment.

Pendency of proceedings before DRT doesn’t bar initiation of CIRP under IBC

May 22, 2025 1260 Views 0 comment Print

NCLT Delhi held that the pendency of proceedings before Debt Recovery Tribunal [DRT] does not preclude or bar the initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process [CIRP] under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 [IBC].

Civil suit barred under Section 34 of SARFAESI Act; jurisdiction lies with Debt Recovery Tribunal

May 10, 2025 1059 Views 0 comment Print

By an order dated 06.08.2024, the Commercial Court rejected the application filed by the appellant seeking exemption from complying with the mandatory provisions of Section 12-A of the Act, 2015.

Section 26E of SARFAESI Act and Section 34 of RDB Act will prevail over section 24 of TNGST Act

April 30, 2025 864 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that provisions of Section 26E of the SARFAESI Act and Section 34 of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 (RDB Act) would prevail over the provisions of Section 24 of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 (TNGST Act).

Relinquish or realize security interest by secured creditor under liquidation

April 5, 2025 1875 Views 0 comment Print

Learn how secured creditors can relinquish or realize their security interest during liquidation under IBC, including timelines and procedures under Section 52.

Proceeding under SARFAESI Act and IBC is saved from provision providing precedence to BUDS Act

March 26, 2025 1026 Views 0 comment Print

The borrowers defaulted on loan repayment, prompting the petitioner to initiate proceedings under the SARFAESI Act. Physical possession of the property was taken on 05.12.2023.

SARFAESI Proceedings Can Proceed Independently of Insolvency Resolution: Kerala HC

March 17, 2025 690 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala HC rules bank can pursue SARFAESI against mortgaged property despite borrower’s joint venture in a separate company’s resolution plan.

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