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Issues: (i) Whether a secured creditor enforcing security under the SARFAESI Act can sell the assets of a company in liquidation without associating the Official Liquidator. (ii) What procedure must govern the sale and appropriation of sale proceeds of such secured assets.
Issue (i): Whether a secured creditor enforcing security under the SARFAESI Act can sell the assets of a company in liquidation without associating the Official Liquidator.
Analysis: The provisions of Section 35 and Section 37 of the SARFAESI Act were construed harmoniously with Section 529A of the Companies Act, 1956. The Court held that there was no real conflict between the two enactments in respect of distribution of sale proceeds, because both protect the pari passu entitlement of workmen and secured creditors. The secured creditor could enforce security interest and sell the secured assets even though the company was in liquidation, but the Official Liquidator could not be wholly excluded from the process.
Conclusion: The secured creditor is entitled to sell the secured assets, but the Official Liquidator must be notified and associated to the extent necessary to protect liquidation interests.
Issue (ii): What procedure must govern the sale and appropriation of sale proceeds of such secured assets.
Analysis: The Court held that sale of immovable secured assets must be carried out under Rules 8 and 9 of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, and the process must be transparent. The secured creditor must furnish the proposal for sale and valuation particulars to the Official Liquidator. The Court also held that the secured creditor may appropriate the proceeds only in accordance with the Company Court's directions, and the pari passu claims protected by Section 529A of the Companies Act, 1956 must be safeguarded at the stage of appropriation.
Conclusion: The sale must follow a transparent procedure after notice to the Official Liquidator, and appropriation of proceeds is subject to further orders of the Company Court.
Final Conclusion: The secured creditor's right to realise the security was upheld, but it was subjected to supervisory safeguards ensuring notice to the Official Liquidator, disclosure of valuation and sale particulars, and Company Court over appropriation of the proceeds.
Ratio Decidendi: A secured creditor may enforce and sell the assets of a company in liquidation under SARFAESI, but the sale process must be conducted transparently with notice to the Official Liquidator and the distribution of proceeds must conform to the pari passu scheme under Section 529A of the Companies Act, 1956.
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