Full Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025
BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE E.S.INDIRESH WRIT PETITION NO. 20473 OF 2023 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: ASREC (INDIA) LIMITED A COMPANY REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT : SOLITAIRE CORPORATE PARK, BUILDING NO.2, UNIT NO.201-202A AND 200-202 B, GR FLOOR, ANDHERI GHATKOPAR LINK RD, CHAKALA, ANDHERI (E), MUMBAI - 400 093 THROUGH ITS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY MANJUNATH N, GENERAL MANAGER …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SHETTY VIGNESH SHIVARAM, ADVOCATE) AND:
1. JAYDEV MOTORS REPRESENTED BY ITS PRPRIETOR MR. JAYARAM SUVARNA Digitally signed by S/O. LOKAYYA POOJARY
ARUNKUMAR M S AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS Location: HIGH NO.1ST CROSS, ARJ ARCADE, COURT OF UDUPI MANIPAL ROAD,KARNATAKA INDRALI, UDUPI - 576 102
2. MR. JAYARAM SUVARNA S/O. LOKAYYA POOJARY AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS PROPRIETOR, M/S JAYDEV MOTORS NO.1ST CROSS, ARJ ARCADE, UDUPI MANIPAL ROAD, INDRALI, UDUPI - 576102
3. JAYADEV AUTOMOBILES,
REPRESENTED BY ITS PARTNERS -2- i) MR. JAYARAM SUVARNA S/O LOKAYYA POOJARY AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS ii) MRS. RENU J SUVARNA, W/O JARAYAM SUVARNA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS iii) MR. ANISH J SUVARNA, S/O JAYARAM SUVARNA AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS ALL ARE R/AT NO.1ST CROSS, ARJ ARCADE, UDUPI-MANIPAL ROAD, INDRALI, UDUPI - 576 102 PARTNERSHIP FIRM
4. MRS. RENU JAYARAM SUVARNA, W/O. JARAYAM SUVARNA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, NO. H. NO. 4-343A1, HAYAGREEVA NAGAR, 1ST CROSS, INDRALI, SHIVALLI, KUNJIBETTU, UDUPI - 576 102
5. M/S THE WAREHOUSE GYM
A PARTNERSHIP FIRM REP. BY IS MANAGING PARTNER SHRI SOUJANYA ANAND SHETTY HAVING ADDRESS AT : FLAT NO. 101, SAI RADHA PRIDE, F-WING, BRAHMAGIRI, UDUPI - 576 101 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. RAJENDRA M.A., ADVOCATE FOR R1 TO R4 SRI. K. PRASAD HEGDE, ADVOCATE FOR R5) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER
DATED 14/08/2023 PASSED BY THE LEARNED PRINCIPAL SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND CJM, UDUPI IN CRL.MISC.NO.93/2023 (ANNEXURE-A) AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY,
ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
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ORAL ORDER
Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties.
2. In this writ petition, the petitioner- Bank is assailing the order dated 14.08.2023 in Crl.Misc.Case No.93/2023 (Annexure-A) on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge and CJM, Udupi.
3. Sri Shetty Vignesh Shivaram, learned counsel for the
petitioner contended that, the Bank has presented the petition before the Competent Court, under Section 14 of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as 'the SARFAESI Act') and in this regard, the Competent Court has passed an order dated 30.06.2023 allowing the petition under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act. However, at the instance of the application filed by the respondent No.5 to review the order dated 30.06.2023, the impugned order at Annexure-A came to be passed on 14.08.2023.
4. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that,
the learned Judge has committed an error in exercising the -4- review power in the absence of any specific provision under the SARFAESI Act. Accordingly sought for interference of this court.
5. Per contra, Sri Rajendra M.A., learned counsel for respondents No.1 to 4, invited the attention of the Court to the reasons assigned by the learned Judge at paragraph 14 of the
impugned order at Annexure-A, and contented that, the order
of review has been made by the learned Judge by taking note of the factual aspects on record and by considering the provision under Order XXI Rule 36 of CPC, therefore sought to justify the impugned order.
6. In the light of the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the parties and, on careful consideration of the Scheme of the Act, it would indicate that, as soon as the
Order is passed by the Competent Court under Section 14 of
the SARFAESI Act, the said Court would become functus officio, unless the said order is challenged before the Competent Court/Tribunal under the provisions of the SARFAESI Act.
7. In that view of the matter, as the Court in which the
Order is passed under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act has
become functus officio, the said Court has no jurisdiction to -5- review its own order and therefore, I find force in the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, the order dated 14.08.2023 in Crl. Misc.
No.93 of 2023 on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge and CJM, Udupi (Annexure-A) is set aside and the Order dated 30.06.2023 (Annexure-C) in Crl.Misc.No.93 of 2023, is hereby revived. However, it is open for the respondent No.5 to challenge the impugned order dated 30.06.2023, If so advised. Time spent before this Court be condoned in the event if an appropriate petition is filed by the Respondent No.5 before the Competent Authority, within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Writ petition is disposed of accordingly. SD/- (E.S.INDIRESH) JUDGE rs/CT-SG/List No.: 1