Smt Krishnamma v. Karnataka Bank Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru), WP No. 1117 of 2023 (GM-RES), order dated 01.07.2025, S Sunil Dutt Yadav J. Challenge to SARFAESI e-auction notice dated 21.12.2022 (Annexure-A) issued by Karnataka Bank Limited, Electronic City Branch. Sale did not materialize for want of bidders; memo seeking dismissal as infructuous; petitioners had not complied with conditional interim order dated 17.01.2023. On the basis of Union Bank of India v. Satyawati Tondon, (2010) 8 SCC 110, factual contentions held non-adjudicable in writ proceedings; petition disposed of relegating petitioners to substantive remedy before DRT; contentions kept open; time spent before High Court to be considered for limitation before DRT. Keywords: SARFAESI, e-auction notice, secured asset, DRT, infrunctuous writ, limitation, Articles 226/227.
What did the court decide?
Several factual contentions raised by the petitioners are matters that cannot be adjudicated in the present (writ) proceedings.