Supreme Court of India

Sheela Gehlot v. Mohini Hardayal Singh.

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Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe JJ.
Decided 14 August 2026

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the impugned judgment dated 15.05.2009 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur in Writ Petition No. 2199 of 2008 is quashed and set aside. 33.

Judgment, page 32

In brief

The Bank advanced credit facilities to M/s Sterling Malt & Foods Pvt. Ltd., whose directors, including Hardayal Singh, gave personal guarantees; his Delhi house at Panchsheel Park was never mortgaged for the loan. A compromise decree was passed by the Morena court in 1991, under which the title deeds of the Delhi property were released while expressly preserving Hardayal Singh's personal liability for the decretal amount; after part payment the revival scheme investors defaulted.…

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