Corporate Law : Explore how the SARFAESI Act transformed banking practices, enhancing recovery processes while raising concerns about borrowers' r...
Corporate Law : SARFAESI Act of 2002 addresses India's non-performing assets. Section 13 empowers secured creditors to enforce security interests ...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the Madras High Court ruling on allowing Input Tax Credit without physical invoices, emphasizing electronic records for GS...
Fema / RBI : Get answers to common queries about displaying secured assets under SARFAESI Act 2002. Learn about asset disclosure, updates, and ...
Corporate Law : Read how Bombay High Court's recent judgment issued crucial directives for swift processing of creditors' applications under SARFA...
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 : The Union Cabinet today approved introduction of the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill,...
Company Law : NCLAT Delhi held that trusteeship deeds are generally signed between the trust on behalf of the lenders and the personal/ corporat...
Corporate Law : Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. has held that the NCLT cannot exercise its jurisdiction over ...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court rules in favor of a bona fide auction-purchaser under the SARFAESI Act, emphasizing due diligence and addressing own...
Corporate Law : Where secured creditor failed to pay the liquidation costs within 90 days after its intention to realize the security interest, th...
Corporate Law : NCLT Mumbai held that sale of property of personal guarantors by financial creditor under SARFAESI Act during protection of morato...
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) ...
Fema / RBI : Sale notice for sale of movable properties- E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Movable Assets under the Securitisation and Reconstr...
Corporate Law : Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Financ...
The Hon’ble Supreme Court observed in a case where the borrower also challenges the auction sale and does not accept the same and also challenges the steps taken under Section 13(2)/13(4) of the SARFAESI Act with respect to secured assets, the borrower has to deposit 50% of the amount claimed by the secured creditor along with interest as per section 2(g) of the Act 1993 and as per section 2(g), “debt” means any liability inclusive of interest which is claimed as due from any person.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court observed that MSMED Act does not provide any priority over the debt dues of the secured creditor akin to Section 26E of the SARFAESI Act. Further, it was held that so far as recoveries under the SARFAESI Act with respect to the secured assets would prevail over the recoveries under the MSMED Act to recover the amount under the award / decree passed by the Facilitation Council.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court after considering the object and purpose of Section 31(i) of the SARFAESI Act that merely because in the revenue records the secured properties are shown as agricultural land is not sufficient to attract the said provision.
Maa Kalika Bhandar and Others Vs Collector and District Magistrate (Orissa High Court) Property was mortgaged in favour of the Bank on 28.06.2016 whereas the Income Tax Authorities had attached the same on 31.12.2015. Hence, the mortgaged transaction in favour of the Bank is void. Main argument stressed is that the properties in both the […]
Chhattisgarh High Court held that the provisions contained in SARFAESI Act will prevail over Rules of 2015. Accordingly, the demand of transfer fee made by the CSIDC is not sustainable in law.
J&K HC while dismissing the writ petition observed that there was an alternative remedy provided under Section 17 of the SARFAESI Act and the issue raised by the petitioner is a disputed question of fact that cannot adjudicated upon in the writ petition.
HC observed that SARFAESI Act is a code in itself and remedy provided under Section 17 is an expeditious and effective remedy available to an aggrieved person. The SARFAESI Act under Section 17 provides for an efficacious and efficient remedy to adjudicate the grievances of a borrower and the DRT has the power to determine whether the actions of an ARC are in compliance with the SARFAESI Act.
Karnataka High Court held that once an account is declared to be a fraud, bank can initiate criminal proceedings even after initiation of proceedings under SARFAESI Act and having a recovery certificate
Balkrishna Rama Tarle Dead Thr LRS & Anr. Vs Phoenix ARC Private Limited & Ors. (Supreme Court) On a fair reading of Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act, it appears that for taking possession of the secured assets in terms of Section 14(1) of the SARFAESI Act, the secured creditor is obliged to approach the […]
Bombay High Court held that rights created by SARFAESI Act would have the overriding effect over any State Acts and accordingly Secured Creditor would have first right over the State Tax Departments.
