Legal Insights & Articles
Practical reading on RERA, property, civil, criminal, family, tax, and the other areas we practise in.
NPA Classification & The 90-Day Overdue Rule: Challenging Arbitrary Asset Classification under RBI Prudential Norms
CHALLENGING ARBITRARY ASSET CLASSIFICATION
Read Article →Deconstructing Section 13(2) Demand Notices: Identifying Defects, Limitation Issues & Drafting Mandatory Section 13(3A) Objections
DEFECTS, LIMITATION & SECTION 13(3A) OBJECTIONS
Read Article →The Bank's Statutory Obligation under Section 13(3A): Mandatory Speaking Orders, Reasoned Rejections & DRT Relief for Non-Compliance
MANDATORY SPEAKING ORDERS & NON-COMPLIANCE REMEDIES
Read Article →Section 13(4) Symbolic Possession & Measures: Taking Over Management, Tenant Notice & Challenging Possession Notices Before the DRT
TAKING OVER MANAGEMENT & CHALLENGING POSSESSION NOTICES
Read Article →The Agricultural Land Shield (Section 31(i)): SARFAESI Bar on Agricultural Properties, Revenue Records & Quashing Unlawful Mortgages
SARFAESI BAR ON AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES & REVENUE RECORDS
Read Article →Section 14 SARFAESI Proceedings Before DM / CMM: Affidavit Defects, Opportunity of Hearing & Procedural Lapses in Physical Possession Orders
AFFIDAVIT DEFECTS & LAPSES IN PHYSICAL POSSESSION ORDERS
Read Article →Resisting Section 14 Executive Force: Restraining Police Takeovers, Flawed Commissioner Warrants & Urgent Stays from District Magistrates
RESTRAINING POLICE TAKEOVERS & FLAWED WARRANTS
Read Article →Mortgage vs. Local Tenancy & Third-Party Rights: Bona Fide Tenants, Rent Control Protections & Defending Possession under Harshad Govardhan
BONA FIDE TENANTS & HARSHAD GOVARDHAN PROTECTIONS
Read Article →Restraining Midnight Evictions & Urgent High Court Intervention: Invoking Article 226 Writs During DRT Vacations & Halting Illegal Dispossession
INVOKING ARTICLE 226 WRITS DURING DRT RECESS
Read Article →Section 17 SA Masterclass: DRT Lucknow & Allahabad: Drafting Securitisation Applications, Limiting Pre-Deposits & Winning Interim Stay Orders
DRAFTING SECURITISATION APPLICATIONS & SECURING STAYS
Read Article →Security Interest Rules 8 & 9 Defenses: Mandatory 30-Day Auction Notice, Reserve Price Undervaluation & Challenging Sale Publications
30-DAY NOTICE DEFECTS & RESERVE PRICE UNDERVALUATION
Read Article →E-Auction Defense & Setting Aside Sales: Celir LLP Supreme Court Precedent, Right of Redemption under Section 13(8) & Flawed Auctions
CELIR LLP PRECEDENT & SECTION 13(8) REDEMPTION RIGHTS
Read Article →Section 19 RDB Act: Bank Recovery Suits & Counter-Claims: Written Statements, Contesting Inflated Penal Interest & Cross-Demands at the DRT
CONTESTING INFLATED PENAL INTEREST & CROSS-DEMANDS
Read Article →Execution Before Recovery Officer (RO) & Civil Detention: Resisting Attachment of Personal Assets, Warrants of Arrest & Safe Homestead Exemptions
RESISTING ASSET ATTACHMENT & ARREST WARRANTS
Read Article →DRAT Appeals & Pre-Deposit Waiver (Section 18): Navigating 50% vs. 25% Deposit Thresholds, Hardship Applications & Appellate Advocacy
NAVIGATING MANDATORY PRE-DEPOSITS & HARDSHIP WAIVERS
Read Article →IBC Moratorium vs. SARFAESI and RDB Act: Overriding Effect under Section 238, Stalling Recovery Actions & Rights of Corporate Guarantors
SECTION 238 OVERRIDE & CORPORATE GUARANTOR RIGHTS
Read Article →One-Time Settlement (OTS) Strategy & Enforcement: Enforcing Non-Discriminatory OTS Policies, Banking Guidelines & High Court Mandamus for Sanction
ENFORCING NON-DISCRIMINATORY OTS POLICIES VIA MANDAMUS
Read Article →Wilful Defaulter and Fraud Classification Defenses: Jah Developers Principles, Right to Personal Hearing & Quashing Red-Flagging by Banks
JAH DEVELOPERS NATURAL JUSTICE & QUASHING RED-FLAGS
Read Article →High Court Article 226 Writs in Banking Matters: When Are Writs Maintainable Against SARFAESI Actions? Natural Justice & Absolute Arbitrariness
MAINTAINABILITY OF WRITS AGAINST ARBITRARY BANK ACTIONS
Read Article →Criminal Defense in Banking Defaults (NI 138 & IPC 420): Cheque Bounce Tactics, Section 25 PSS Act & Quashing Fraud FIRs Against Borrowers
CHEQUE BOUNCE DEFENSE & QUASHING FRAUD FIRS
Read Article →ARC Bad Debt Assignment Defenses (Section 5): Challenging Asset Reconstruction Company Purchases, Stamp Duty Evasion & Locus Standi
CHALLENGING ARC ASSIGNMENTS & STAMP DUTY DEFECTS
Read Article →MSME Borrower Protections in Banking Recovery: RBI Restructuring Framework, MSMED Act Special Committees & Shielding Operational Units
RBI RESTRUCTURING & SHIELDING OPERATIONAL UNITS
Read Article →Tenant & Third Party Protection in Mortgaged Properties: Declaratory Suits, Establishing Registered Lease Rights & Defending Against Dispossession
ESTABLISHING REGISTERED LEASES & AVOIDING EVICTION
Read Article →Digital Lending & Harassment Defenses: Rogue Loan Apps, Extortionate Recovery Tactics, RBI Fair Practices Code & Cyber Police Complaints
ILLEGAL LOAN APPS, EXTORTION DEFENSE & POLICE COMPLAINTS
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