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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


Latest Judiciary


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 96 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 228 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


Latest Notifications


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 3606 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


Legal Priority: Secured Creditors vs. State Departments – HP High Court Ruling

January 27, 2024 981 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the Nugenic Pharma vs. Indian Bank case in Himachal Pradesh High Court. Analysis of secured creditors’ priority over state departments, citing the Supreme Court judgment.

Secured creditors have priority over State Excise Department: HP HC

January 27, 2024 798 Views 1 comment Print

Explore the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s judgment on the priority of secured creditors over the State Excise Department. Analysis of legal precedents and implications.

Celir LLP v. Bafna Motors: An Analysis of SC Judgment

January 24, 2024 2451 Views 0 comment Print

Recently, in the case of Celir LLP v. Bafna Motors the court has iterated that, if the law is clear then there is no need to interpret the statute and the precedence must be given to the literal interpretation of the law.

Secured Creditors Prevail Over State Departments including excise & revenue: HP HC

January 24, 2024 495 Views 0 comment Print

Explore Himachal Pradesh High Court ruling in SBI vs. State of H.P. on the priority of secured creditors over Excise and Revenue departments in debt recovery

Secured creditor will have first charge over state/ central government

January 11, 2024 2373 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court held that charge in favour of secured creditor would precede over the unsecured creditor. Thus, secured creditor will have first charge over the property as against State Government (crowns debt).

Reference to SARFAESI Act in Agreements does not Bar Arbitration: Bombay HC

January 1, 2024 1365 Views 0 comment Print

The respondents contended that the petitioner, being a financial institution under the SARFAESI Act, should exclusively resort to the statutory remedies provided by the Act, and arbitration should not be permissible. This article explores the court’s reasoning and its impact on the dispute resolution landscape.

SARFAESI Auctions Pre-Insolvency: Not Corporate Debtor’s Assets

December 20, 2023 1092 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme court in Haldiram Incorporation Pvt. Ltd. Vs Amrit Hatcheries Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. held that Properties sold under Auction Sale in SARFAESI Act before declare insolvency, could not be treated assets of Corporate Debtor.

Section 26E Overrides Rights for Recovering Tax Dues on Mortgaged Property

December 5, 2023 1758 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the provisions of Section 26E of the Securitisation and Reconstructions of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 shall override the rights of others to recover the outstanding liability of taxes dues etc on the mortgaged/charged property from the original owner etc.

Purchasing Property in Auction: Due Diligence and Sales Tax Liability

October 15, 2023 10044 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of the Medineutrina Pvt. Ltd vs DIC case in Bombay High Court involving property auction, encumbrances, and the legal obligations of auction purchasers

Madras HC upholds priority of charge for secured creditors over tax dues

October 11, 2023 1590 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court’s judgment on the priority of charge for secured creditors over tax dues and the impact on debt realization.

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