Property sale valid despite ownership dispute; NCLT upholds bank's rights under SARFAESI.

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....The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) upheld the validity of the sale of immovable property by the respondent bank under the SARFAESI Act. The appellant company argued that its shareholder does not have ownership rights over the property. However, the NCLT held that the respondent bank acquired shares and a flat through valid SARFAESI proceedings, amounting to transmission of shares by operation of law. The NCLAT relied on precedents to affirm that an award by an arbitrator falls within the ambit of transmission by operation of law, and the NCLT has powers to condone delays u/s 58 of the Companies Act, 2013. The NCLAT dismissed the appeal, finding no reason to interfere with the reasoned NCLT order.....