The Hon’ble Court held that keeping in mind the objective of the SARFAESI Act i.e., to enable the secured borrowers to take physical possession of the assets of the defaulting borrowers in an expeditious manner, there is no requirement or justification for the CMM to impose time limits for the receiver to take physical possession of the secured asset. This would also curtail unnecessary litigation wherein applications for extension are filed before the CMM and upon the said applications being either allowed or declined by the CMM, petitions are filed before this Court challenging the said decision of the CMM.
Another issue in this case is in the context of proceedings initiated under the SARFAESI Act, whether an order passed in a civil suit instituted by a third party in respect of the mortgaged property/secured asset would bind the secured creditor, if the said secured creditor was not a party to the Civil Suit?