J. RAJENDRA, AVSM VSM
HDFC Bank Limited – Appellant
Versus
Syed Mushir Abbas – Respondent
ORDER
The present Revision Petition has been filed by the Petitioner under Section -58(1)(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (the “Act”) against impugned order dated 22.09.2021 of the learned State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, UP at Lucknow (‘the State Commission’) in First Appeal No. 1911 of 2010, wherein the Appeal filed by the Complainant was partly allowed upholding the Order dated 06.10.2010 passed by the learned District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Kanpur Nagar (“District Forum”) in CC No.238 of 2008, with some modification.
2. For convenience, the parties are referred to as in the original Complaint before the District Forum. Syed Mushir Abbas is referred to as the Complainant (Respondent No. 1), HDFC Bank Ltd. is referred to as the Petitioner (OP-1), Allahabad Automobiles Garage is referred to as the Respondent No. 2 (OP-2) and Jamuna Motors is referred to as the Respondent No. 3 (OP-3).
3. Brief facts of the case, as per the Complainant, are that on 11.02.2005, the Complainant purchased Truck No-UP-78-AN/ 0529 from Amar Nath for Rs.4,45,000, with Rs.1,02,000 paid in cash and Rs.3,43,000 through a financial loan from OP-3. The OP-3, acting as the fina
Repossession – Merely because the OP-1 Bank had repossessed the vehicle due to repeated defaults of EMIs without giving due notice to the Complainant, the Complainant is not absolved of his liability....
Revisional Jurisdiction – In exercise of revisional jurisdiction, NC has no jurisdiction to interfere with concurrent findings recorded by Forum & SC, which are on appreciation of evidence on record.
Deficiency in service occurs when repossession is conducted unlawfully without proper notice, violating consumer protection laws.
The court affirmed that the vehicle was legally repossessed due to the complainant's failure to repay the loan, with no proven defects in the vehicle.
(1) High Courts deprecated practice of taking forcible possession of hypothecated vehicles by financers and granted relief against forcible possession.(2) Admittedly, no prior notice of min. 60 days ....
Repossession of hypothecated goods without prior notice constitutes deficiency in service, violating consumer rights.
Vehicle’s possession taken by financer forcibly and in absence of any prior notice to the Respondent, it comes under unfair trade practice.
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