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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 927 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 222 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 39111 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 18282 Views 1 comment Print


SARFAESI Act- Where Principle of Natural Justice has Gone?

July 23, 2016 28631 Views 1 comment Print

Fundamental justice is a legal term that signifies a dynamic concept of fairness underlying the administration of justice and its operation, whereas principles of fundamental justice are specific legal principles that command ‘significant societal consensus’ as ‘fundamental to the way in which the legal system ought fairly to operate.’

Comparison: SARFAESI Act & Amendment Bill 2016

July 11, 2016 50626 Views 0 comment Print

In this write-up we have analysed the amendments proposed vide The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which are specific to the SARFAESI Act, 2002 and their impact:

Punishment for fraudulently inducing persons to invest money

January 15, 2016 7138 Views 0 comment Print

1. In how many cases the SARFAESI Act has been invoked against big companies in India? 2. Now, RBI deputy Governor has stated on 17th November, 2013 that in the last 13 years, banks have written off 1 lakh crore and 95% of these are large loans. How can this happen with SARFAESI in place?

SARFAESI Act, 2002- Legal Position Of Authorised Officer

October 7, 2015 28032 Views 0 comment Print

The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI ACT) was enacted by Government of India to enable banks and financial institutions to realise long-term assets, manage problems of liquidity, asset liability mismatches and improve by exercising powers to take possession of securities, sell them and reduce non-performing assets by adopting measures for recovery or reconstruction.

SARFAESI ACT – What is legally recoverable debt?

January 14, 2015 17916 Views 5 comments Print

The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 and The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 were enacted by the Government to be exclusively used for the recovery of debts of Banks and Financial Institutions.

SARFAESI Act Management Of NPA – Part V – Concluding part

October 9, 2013 3501 Views 0 comment Print

Action alone produces the result and credibility does not depend upon what one says but what one does to produce the desired result. After having known the impact of NPA on the performance of the banks and financial institutions, understanding the reasons for the creation of NPA and its symptoms,

SARFAESI Act Management Of NPA (Non Performing Assets) – Part IV

October 9, 2013 2192 Views 0 comment Print

In the final analysis a meticulous and methodical study on the impact of NPA accounts on the banking, the reasons for the creation of NPA and to find the ways to prevent accounts becoming NPA and a cure if an account turns out to be an NPA

SARFAESI Act Management Of NPA (Non Performing Assets) – Part III

October 6, 2013 2390 Views 0 comment Print

As mentioned therein, asset quality of banks is one of the most important indicators of their financial health. However, it has been observed that existing MIS on the early warning systems of asset quality, needed improvement.

SARFAESI Act Management Of NPA (Non Performing Assets) – Part II

October 6, 2013 5675 Views 0 comment Print

The banks and financial institutions have to approach Debts Recovery Tribunal to recover their dues from the defaulted borrowers either invoking The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and financial Institutions Act, 1993 or SARFAESI Act of 2002.

SARFAESI Act -Management Of NPA (Non Performing Assets) – Part I

October 4, 2013 2852 Views 0 comment Print

Liquidity of finances and flow of money is essential for any healthy and growth oriented economy. But certainly, what must be kept in mind is that the law should not be in derogation of the rights which are guaranteed to the people under the Constitution.

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