Deepinder Singh v. Union Bank of India & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court writ petitions (Article 226) by Deepinder Singh against Union Bank of India & Anr.; SARFAESI-related grievances: alleged below-market private treaty sale of mortgaged Riyasat Farm House at village Chattarpur/Chhatarpur and demand for accounts of Hindustan Trading Company; claimed refunds of excess recovery (Rs. 1,94,48,069/- plus 13% interest, total Rs. 4,42,56,629/-; and Rs. 30,00,000/- plus 13% future interest). Disposed of at notice stage without merits by treating petitions as representations to be decided within four weeks and communicated within one week; maintainability left open; no precedents cited; no monetary relief awarded.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions disposed of with a limited direction: Respondents to treat the writ petitions as representations of the Petitioner and look into the grievances ventilated therein; decision within four weeks, to be communicated to the Petitioner within one week from the date of decision; Petitioner free to take recourse to legal remedies; pending applications disposed of. No monetary relief granted at this stage.