https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325744 Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act authorises a Magistrate to render procedural and administrative assistance to a secured creditor for taking possession of secured assets, without adjudicating inter se rights. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate reference in the provision was read as including the Chief Judicial Magistrate in a non-metropolitan area, since the offices are equivalent for this purpose and the Act operates in addition to the Code of Criminal Procedure under Section 37. On that construction, a Chief Judicial Magistrate in a non-metropolitan area is competent to entertain and act on an application under Section 14. en-us Fri, 27 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:26:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325744 Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act authorises a Magistrate to render procedural and administrative assistance to a secured creditor for taking possession of secured assets, without adjudicating inter se rights. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate reference in the provision was read as including the Chief Judicial Magistrate in a non-metropolitan area, since the offices are equivalent for this purpose and the Act operates in addition to the Code of Criminal Procedure under Section 37. On that construction, a Chief Judicial Magistrate in a non-metropolitan area is competent to entertain and act on an application under Section 14. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 27 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325744