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ORISSA HIGH COURT
SUNDARAM FINANCE LTD. – Appellant
Versus
DINESH DAS AND SONS MINES AND STEELS PVT. LTD. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SANJEEB K. PANIGRAHI, J.
1. In this Writ Petition, the petitioner seeks a direction from this Court to set aside the order dated 15.12.2023 issuing notice in the Section 17(2) execution, and to command the Commercial Court to forthwith transmit the arbitral attachment order for immediate execution, without entertaining Section 47 objections.
I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE
2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:
(i) The petitioner is a Non-Banking Finance Company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, engaged in the business of extending loan facilities for purchase and refinance of vehicles, machinery and equipment, having its head office at Chennai and a branch office at Bhubaneswar.
(ii) The opposite parties, described as borrower and guarantors, availed a loan of Rs. 18,00,000 on 30.11.2018 under a loan agreement, repayable along with finance charges in 22 monthly instalments. Disputes arose between the parties on account of alleged default in repayment.
(iii) The petitioner claims that the loan account was classified as a Non-Performing Asset and that the hypothecated machinery could not be repossessed, whereas the opposite parties dispute the petitioner’s
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