Authority: High Court of Odisha at Cuttack
Order Date: 14 August 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner: Mercedes‑Benz Financial Services India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
- Opposite Party: Chief Judicial Magistrate, Keonjhar.
- Intervenors represented by Senior Advocate Yashobanta Das.
- Petition (W.P.(C) No. 22807 of 2026) sought a writ of mandamus directing the magistrate to pass an order on Misc. Case No. 77 of 2025 filed under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act within 15 days, and any other appropriate relief.
- The underlying SARFAESI application (Misc. Case No. 77 of 2025) had already been disposed, as submitted by counsel for the petitioner and acknowledged by the intervenors.
Final Outcome
- The Court held that, because the SARFAESI application was disposed, the grievance in the writ petition no longer survived.
- The writ petition was therefore disposed of as infructuous; no writ or other relief was granted.
- The order was pronounced by Justices K.R. Mohapatra and Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo, with a certified copy to be issued on proper application.
Topics: Legal Proceedings, Financial Services