Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited and Anr. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
WPA 29316 of 2025; Aditya Birla Housing Finance Ltd. v. State of West Bengal; SARFAESI Act 2002 Section 14 possession; auction sale to highest bidder; handing over possession resisted by hooligans; police assistance at petitioner's expense; Misc. case no. 110 of 2023 Chief Judicial Magistrate Alipore; Officer in charge Beniapukur Police Station (respondent no. 4); Deputy Commissioner of Police South Suburban Division cost assessment; expungement of respondent nos. 6 to 9; writ petition disposed; no order as to costs; Suvra Ghosh, J.; January 29, 2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: the Officer in charge, Beniapukur Police Station (respondent no. 4) to render adequate police assistance to the petitioners to hand over possession of the property to the purchaser, with strict police vigil at the locale; petitioners to apply to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Suburban Division for assessment of the cost to be deposited for such police assistance; liberty granted to expunge respondent nos. 6 to 9 from the cause title; no order as to costs.