Authority: High Court of Odisha at Cuttack
Order Date: 14 August 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner: Mercedes‑Benz Financial Services India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, represented by Advocate Ramachandra Panigrahy.
- Opposite Party: Chief Judicial Magistrate, Keonjhar.
- Intervenors: represented by Senior Advocate Yashobanta Das.
- Relief sought: issuance of a writ of mandamus (or any appropriate writ) directing the magistrate to pass an order on Misc. Case No.373 of 2025 filed under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act within 15 days, and any other suitable directions.
- Underlying matter: Misc. Case No.373 of 2025, an application under Section 14 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, had already been heard and the judgment was reserved.
- Counsel submissions: Petitioner argued the petition became infructuous; intervenors concurred that the grievance no longer survived.
Final Outcome
- The Court held the writ petition infructuous and disposed of it, noting that the underlying SARFAESI application had already been dealt with.
- The order directed that an urgent certified copy of the judgment be issued upon a proper application.
Topics: Legal Procedure, SARFAESI Enforcement, Mandamus