IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
R.I.CHAGLA, FARHAN P.DUBASH
Pegasus Assets Reconstruction Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Pegasus Assets Reconstruction Company Limited – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's role as developer and refund details. (Para 4) |
| 2. arguments about borrower's definition and pre-deposit. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 3. respondent's opposition based on noc. (Para 14) |
| 4. court's interpretation of section 18(1) of the sarfaesi act. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 5. court's order to quash drat's pre-deposit requirement. (Para 21) |
ORDER :
1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent of parties.
2. By this Writ Petition, the Petitioner is impugning the orders dated 25th July 2025 and 25th June 2025 passed by the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (“DRAT”) in Misc. Appeal No. 830 of 2025 and has sought for setting aside of the same.
3. By the 1st impugned order of the DRAT dated 25th June, 2025, the DRAT has directed the Petitioner, despite observing that the Petitioner is neither a borrower nor guarantor, to deposit 25% of the amount demanded by the Respondent No. 1 in order to meet the requirement under Section 18(1) of the SECURITISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST ACT , 2002 (“SARFAESI Act”) for entertaining the appeal. By the 2nd impugned order of DRAT dated 25th July, 2025, the M
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