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Banking and NI · Unit 3

SEBI, FEMA, SARFAESI and the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act

Unit 3 of Law of Banking and Negotiable Instruments (syllabus: Module III — the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992; the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999; enforcement of security interests under SARFAESI 2002; and proof of entries under the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1891). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.

What this unit covers

  • What must a secured creditor do before enforcing a security interest without a court?
  • Why was the seventy-five per cent pre-deposit under the original s. 17(2) struck down?
  • How widely is the bar on civil jurisdiction under the SARFAESI Act to be read?
  • What is outside the SARFAESI Act altogether?
  • What may the Recovery Officer do to execute a certificate of recovery?
  • What does the Securities and Exchange Board of India exist to do?
  • How may a bank prove the contents of its own books?

Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.

Provisions

Leading cases

  • Mardia Chemicals Ltd. v. Union of India
  • Section 31 of the SARFAESI Act 2002 is the governing provision; this course states no decided case on the exclusions
  • Sections 25 and 28 of the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act 1993 are the governing provisions; this course states no decided case on execution by the Recovery Officer
  • Section 11 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992 is the governing provision; this course states no decided case on the Board's functions
  • State Bank of India v. Yumnam Gouramani Singh

Full case summaries

Exam questions on this unit