Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
17. Right to appeal.-
1.
Any
person (including borrower), aggrieved by any of the measures referred to in
sub-section (4) of section 13 taken by the secured creditor or his authorised
officer under this Chapter, may prefer an appeal to the Debts Recovery Tribunal
having jurisdiction in the matter within forty-five days from the date on which
such measure had been taken.
2.
Where
an appeal is preferred by a borrower, such appeal shall not be entertained by
the Debts Recovery Tribunal unless the borrower has deposited with the Debts
Recovery Tribunal seventy-five per cent. of the amount claimed in the notice
referred to in sub-section (2) of section 13:
Provided that the
Debts Recovery Tribunal may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, waive or
reduce the amount to be deposited under this section.
1.
2.
3.
Save
as otherwise provided in this Act, the Debts Recovery Tribunal shall, as far as
may be, dispose of the appeal in accordance with the provisions of the Recovery
of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (51 of 1993) and
rules made there under.