Supreme Court of India

Sterling Holiday Resorts Limited v. M/s P.m.associates

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Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe JJ.
Decided 30 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the impugned judgment dated 23.08.2013 is quashed and set aside.

Judgment, page 30

In brief

The Borrower, which had mortgaged its Ooty resort 'The Fernhill' to IFCI and TFCI to secure loans taken in 1991, defaulted, and IFCI proceeded under the SARFAESI Act, issuing an auction notice dated 25.03.2010 fixing a reserve price of Rs. 20 crores. On 07.04.2010 the DRAT restrained the Authorised Officer from proceeding further under the Act, subject to a Rs. 1 crore deposit which the Borrower made on 08.04.2010; despite this, IFCI received the bid and earnest money of Ms. Rukmani Khemchand, though it did not open the bids.…

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