Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that borrowers lose their statutory right of redemption once a valid auction notice is published under Sect...
Finance : The article explores how the SARFAESI Act empowers banks to recover dues efficiently while highlighting the procedural safeguards ...
Finance : The paper shows that loan fraud persists due to enforcement failures, not lack of legal provisions. It highlights delays in detect...
Corporate Law : The Court held that insolvency proceedings cannot be invoked after completion of SARFAESI auction to stall recovery. It clarified ...
Corporate Law : Learn the critical protections available to borrowers facing recovery actions, including notice, appeal, and redemption rights, to...
Corporate Law : Ministry of Finance addresses Lok Sabha questions on misuse of SARFAESI Act, detailing existing safeguards for borrowers and regul...
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...
Corporate Law : The Central Govt has initiated formulation of laws to secure prudential banking & help effect a culture of credit discipline i...
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...
Fema / RBI : It is widely felt that the spectre of high-value economic offenders absconding from India to defy the legal process seriously unde...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court held that a Section 7 IBC application can proceed despite pending winding-up proceedings where no irreversible stage...
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...
Corporate Law : DRT Chandigarh quashed the auction after finding the bank failed to maintain the mandatory 15-day notice period before sale....
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...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that High Courts should ordinarily refrain from entertaining writ petitions in SARFAESI matters where an ef...
Corporate Law : IBBI held that an Insolvency Professional cannot delay constitution of the Committee of Creditors based on settlement discussions ...
CA, CS, CMA : CA. Ravish Maniyar found guilty of professional misconduct by ICAI for failing to disclose pending SARFAESI proceedings in an audi...
Fema / RBI : Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued Circular RBI/2023-24/63 on September 25, 2023, addressing the display of information relate...
Finance : Central Government hereby specifies such housing financial companies registered under sub-section (5) of section 29A of the Nation...
Corporate Law : Government notifies Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (Central Registry) ...
Till 31.08.2016 and with effect from 1.9.2016, the Government dues have lost priority of its tax dues against the banks or financial institutions secured creditors (‘secured creditors’) since the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 and Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 were amended by inserting sections 31B and section 26E in respective Acts on 1st September 2016.
Union Bank Of India E Andhra Bank Vs Union Of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) Considering the fact that the resolution plan has already been approved in this matter, and that the ED’s order of provisional attachment of the properties of Respondent No. 4 has been passed after the approval of the resolution plan […]
The right of the secured creditor to enforce the security interest under the SARFAESI Act does not arise unless the account of the borrower has been classified as an NPA in the books of account of the secured creditor (banks or financial institutions) in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963 would have no application to proceedings under I&B Code. Therefore, the issue raised as regards acknowledgement of liability by reflection in the Balance Sheet/ Annual Return would be irrelevant.
1. Introduction The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as ‘IBC’) was introduced for the consolidation of laws relating to reorganization and insolvency in a time bound manner.[1] This single codified framework has been brought in to unify the erstwhile laws relating to this subject matter, which were spread across numerous statues. Ever […]
State Bank of India Vs State of Maharashtra (Bombay High Court) In our considered view the facts in the case at hand being similar to the facts in the case of ASREC (India) Limited (Supra) that decision would squarely be applicable to the facts of this case that if any Central statute creates priority of […]
Kiran Gupta Vs State Bank of India & Anr. (Delhi high Court) Whether a Bank/Financial Institution can institute or continue with proceedings against a Guarantor under the SARFAESI Act, when proceedings under the IBC have been initiated against the Principal Borrower & the same are pending adjudication? Section 128 of the Contract Act provides that […]
C. Bright Vs District Collector & Ors. (Supreme Court) Whether the time limit of 30 days which is further extendable by a further period 30 days for a District Collector to secure the possession of a secured asset is mandatory or directory? The challenge in the present appeal is to an order passed by the […]
M/s. Neesa Infrastructure Limited vs State Bank of India (NCLT) Advocate, Mr. Nipun Singhvi appeared on behalf of the Respondent. The order is pronounced in the open court, vide separate sheet. 1. Sanjay Gupta, claiming himself to be the authorised signatory, on behalf of M/s. Neesa Infrastructure Limited filed this Petition under Section 10 of […]
Under Insolvency and Bankruptcy code, the application for initiation of corporate insolvency Resolution Proceedings can be initiated by 1) Financial Creditor under section 7(1) 2) Operational Creditor under section 9(1) 3) Corporate Debtor under section 10(1) Financial creditor means as per the section 5(7) the person to whom the financial debt is owed or legally […]
