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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 465 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 969 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 1182 Views 0 comment Print

Relinquish or realize security interest by secured creditor under liquidation

Corporate Law : Learn how secured creditors can relinquish or realize their security interest during liquidation under IBC, including timelines an...

April 5, 2025 1740 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of SARFAESI Act, 2002 on Banking Practices

Corporate Law : Explore how the SARFAESI Act transformed banking practices, enhancing recovery processes while raising concerns about borrowers' r...

October 13, 2024 1878 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 684 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 1017 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 2835 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 1155 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 1161 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SARFAESI Trust Income Taxable in Hands of SR Holders as Trust Was Revocable: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai ruled that income earned by a securitisation trust created under the SARFAESI Act was taxable in the hands of Secu...

May 9, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print

Writ Petition Dismissed as Misconceived for Bypassing SARFAESI & Insolvency Proceedings

Corporate Law : The Court held that disputed issues and ongoing statutory proceedings cannot be challenged through a writ petition. It emphasized ...

May 3, 2026 369 Views 0 comment Print

Writ Petition Dismissed as DRT Order Appealable Under SARFAESI Act: AP HC

Corporate Law : The High Court held that DRT orders are appealable under Section 18 of the SARFAESI Act. It ruled that writ jurisdiction cannot be...

March 18, 2026 801 Views 0 comment Print

Insolvency Proceedings Triggered as Corporate Debtor Admits Financial Default & Files Section 10 Application

Corporate Law : The Tribunal admitted the voluntary insolvency application after examining financial statements, bank records, and other documents...

March 9, 2026 672 Views 0 comment Print

Securitization Application Dismissed as Writ Petition Was Withdrawn Without Liberty

Corporate Law : The tribunal relied on Supreme Court precedent to hold that a second proceeding cannot be filed when an earlier challenge has been...

March 8, 2026 399 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 38604 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 4527 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 3492 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 18132 Views 1 comment Print

Security Interest (Enforcement) Amendment Rules, 2018

Fema / RBI : Sale notice for sale of movable properties- E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Movable Assets under the Securitisation and Reconstr...

October 17, 2018 40818 Views 2 comments Print


Notice of sale issued without giving 15 days clear notice under Sarfaesi Act was bad in law

June 14, 2022 24549 Views 0 comment Print

E. K. RAJAN Vs Authorized Officer (Kerala High Court) Conclusion: Since there was a failure on the part of the respondent to serve notice of not less than 15 days upon assessee, therefore, the notice of sale proposing to auction the property of the was bad in law and the consequent sale was liable to […]

Proceedings under SARFAESI cannot be continued once CIRP is initiated

May 26, 2022 5268 Views 0 comment Print

In view of the provisions of Section 14(1)(c) of the IBC, which have overriding effect over any other law, any action to foreclose, recover or enforce any security interest created by the Corporate Debtor in respect of its property including any action under the SARFAESI Act is prohibited. We are of the view that the appellant Bank could not have continued the proceedings under the SARFAESI Act once the CIRP was initiated and the moratorium was ordered.

Section 14 SARFAESI Act: Adjudicatory Powers not vested with District Magistrate

May 17, 2022 29418 Views 0 comment Print

Bajaj Finance Ltd. Vs LD. District Collector (Gujarat High Court) On perusal of the section 26E and Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, it is clear that the District Magistrate has to discharge the ministerial act of providing assistance to the secured creditor to take physical possession of the secured assets when the secured creditor has […]

Maintainability of Securitisation Application-Whether Losing Possession of Immovable Property Is A Must?

May 8, 2022 12297 Views 0 comment Print

Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRTs), in some recent cases, have dismissed certain Securitisation Applications (SAs) on a peculiar ground of prematurity- ‘no loss of possession of the secured asset’. In the opinion of these DRTs, where neither the symbolic nor the actual physical possession of the immovable property/secured asset was taken by the secured creditor, but only intimation notices to take physical possession of such property were issued by the court receiver appointed under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002, the SAs challenging such intimation notices were premature.

SARFAESI: Steps to be Followed for Effective NPA Management

April 18, 2022 53322 Views 2 comments Print

Securitisation and Reconstruction of  Financial Assets & Enforcement of Security  Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI) is basically is an act which provides different options to Banks and  Financial Institutions for resolving their non performing assets  and it is also an effective tool in the hands of the lenders to enforce the security interest and recover the […]

Proviso (v) To Section 14(1) SARFAESI Act is Valid Constitutionally

April 17, 2022 2958 Views 0 comment Print

Kumaresh K Vs Union Of India and Other (Karnataka High Court) It is evident that Section 14(1)(v) of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) provides that an application which may be submitted by the secured creditor shall be accompanied by an affidavit duly affirmed by authorized […]

Borrower has no right of hearing before Magistrate under SARFESI Act

March 31, 2022 7731 Views 0 comment Print

CA. Manisha Mehta Vs The Board of Directors of Represented by its Managing Director of ICICI Bank and ors. (Bombay High Court) The main prayer of the petitioners is for a declaration that natural justice should be read into section 14 of the SARFAESI Act. The SARFAESI Act is intended to facilitate quick recovery of […]

SARFAESI Act can be applied even in respect of loan agreements entered into before it was brought into force

March 28, 2022 3927 Views 0 comment Print

Poorti Rent a Car and Logistics Pvt. Ltd. Vs Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Bombay High Court) Provisions of the SARFAESI Act can be applied even in respect of loan agreements entered into before such enactment was brought into force, we see nothing in any law to hold that the provisions thereof can never be resorted […]

SARFAESI – Borrower cannot claim Discharge merely by Paying Highest Bid Amount If Bank Dues are more

March 13, 2022 4749 Views 0 comment Print

Bank of Baroda Vs Karwa Trading Company (Supreme Court of India) SC held that Section 17 of the SARFAESI Act was not justified in directing to release the mortgaged property and handover the possession along with the original title deeds to the borrower on payment of Rs.48.65 lakhs only which was the base price/ reserve […]

SARFAESI Act Has Overriding Effect on Central Excise Act: SC

February 24, 2022 6771 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab National Bank Vs Union of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Evidently, prior to insertion of Section 11E in the Central Excise Act, 1944 w.e.f. 08.04.2011, there was no provision in the Act of 1944 inter alia, providing for First Charge on the property of the Assessee or any person under the Act […]

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