Prbhakar Barik v. Tata Motors Finance Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, W.P.(C) No. 6097 of 2025, decided 02.12.2025, bench: Dr. Justice Sanjeeb K Panigrahi. Prabhakar Barik v. TATA Motors Finance Ltd. & Anr. Writ petition seeking direction to deliver/released vehicle (OD13L2132 in the prayer; OD12L2132 in the pleadings) financed for Rs.1635319 with monthly payment of Rs.33711 over 59 installments; petitioner defaulted on six installments during the lock down period and alleged forcible repossession by the finance company without prior intimation. Disposed of with directions: petitioner to submit a settlement proposal to Opposite Party No.1 (to be accepted within ten days of certified copy); finance company to consider it sympathetically and decide per law within one month; vehicle to be released after settlement of dues. No statute or precedent cited; no impugned prior order identified.
What did the court decide?
Direction issued: the Petitioner to approach Opposite Party No.1/Tata Motors Finance Ltd. with a decent settlement proposal to be accepted within ten days of receipt of a certified copy of the order; Opposite Party No.1 to consider the proposal sympathetically and dispose of it in accordance with law within one month of its presentation; the vehicle to be released in favour of the Petitioner after settlement of the dues.