Secured Creditors' Priority Upheld: Court Confirms SARFAESI Act Supremacy Over State Tax Claims for Registered Interests.

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....The Bombay High Court ruled on the priority of secured creditors u/s 26-E of the SARFAESI Act, 2002 over State Tax Authorities' claims. Section 26-E grants priority to secured creditors whose security interest is registered with CERSAI before any other registration. In the case, the Petitioner bank registered its charge prior to State Tax Authorities' attachment order. Previous judgments support the priority of secured creditors in such cases. The Court held that State Tax Authorities must seek satisfaction from sale proceeds, not the asset sold under SARFAESI Act. The petition was allowed.....