Supreme Court of India

Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited v. M/s. Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited and Others

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Reported as [2018] 1 S.C.R. 1096
Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 23 February 2018

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What the Court ordered

We hold that judgment of the High Court is erroneous and set aside the same.

Judgment, page 32

From the headnote

Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Asse sts and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002: ss.2(1)(f), 2(1)(zb), 2(1)(zf) and 2(1)(zd), and 13 (1) and (4) – Loan granted to respondent (borrower) – By a non- financial company (not covered under 2002 Act) – The company subsequently merged with appellant-company (a financial company co vered by 2002 Act) – For recovery of loan initiation of proc eedings under 2002 Act – Held by High Court that the provisions of 2 002 could not be invoked because the company which had grante d the loan was not covered by 2002 Act at the time of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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