Oriental Bank of Commerce v. Sanjeev Dhawan and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 1827/2020, Oriental Bank of Commerce (petitioner, through S.K. Sharma, Adv.) v. Sanjeev Dhawan and Anr. (respondents, through Aditya Wadhwa, Arunav Sarma and Raunaq Bali, Advs.), High Court of Delhi, coram Vivek Chaudhary J. and Renu Bhatnagar J., order dated 10.02.2026. Writ petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for Certiorari against DRAT, Delhi order dated 13.01.2020 in Regular Appeal No. 187/2019 rejecting the bank's appeal and imposing Rs. 5 lakhs costs; DRT-II, Delhi order dated 28.03.2019 auction conditions dispensed with by consent; respondents given right to bring bidder to auction; costs reduced from Rs. 5 lakhs to Rs. 3 lakhs; petition disposed of. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with conditions: bank to proceed with the auction as per the rules without the conditions imposed by the DRT-II, Delhi order dated 28.03.2019, respondents entitled to bring a bidder to participate in the auction; costs imposed by the DRAT order dated 13.01.2020 reduced from Rs. 5 lakhs to Rs. 3 lakhs.