Manoj Kumar Verma v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court; WPA 1230 of 2025; decided 10.02.2025 by Tirthankar Ghosh, J. Manoj Kumar Verma v. State of West Bengal & Ors.; Canara Bank counsel Ms. Sreemoyee Mitra; State-respondents' counsel Mr. Wasim Ahmed and Mr. Sk. Md. Masud; petitioner's counsel Mr. S. R. Kundu. Subject: challenge to actions under the SARFAESI Act, 2002. Held: SARFAESI Act, 2002 is a self-contained code with inbuilt Tribunal/Revision/Appeal remedies; relying on PHR Invent Educational Society v. UCO Bank & Ors., (2024) 6 SCC 579, the Court refused to exercise Article 226 jurisdiction; writ petition and pending applications disposed of.
What did the court decide?
The SARFAESI Act, 2002 is a self-contained Code/Act containing specific provisions for approaching the Tribunal and provision(s) of Revision and/or Appeal within the Act/Code itself. ¶17