Pawant Singh and Anr. v. the State of Assam and 5 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
WP(C)/4245/2025, Gauhati High Court, order dated 04-08-2025, coram Ashutosh Kumar, C.J. and Arun Dev Choudhury, J. Petitioners Pawant Singh and Gurpreet Kaur against State of Assam, Authorized Officer and Branch Manager ICICI Bank Ltd., District Commissioner Kamrup (Metro), Addl. District Magistrate/Co-District Commissioner Dimoria, and Circle Officer Sonapur Revenue Circle. Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to challenge the decision of the bank and other authorities under Section 17 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002. Keywords: SARFAESI Act 2002 Section 17 remedy, writ petition disposed, liberty to approach statutory authority, bank action challenge, Kamrup Metro Assam. No cases cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioners to approach the authority under Section 17 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002 and to challenge therein the decision of the bank and the other authorities; writ petition disposed of accordingly.