The Kerala High Court held that a lessee claiming under a lease created after a mortgage could not relitigate the same grievance in a civil suit after losing before the DRT. The ruling affects secured creditors and occupants because post-mortgage leases must be tested against the mortgage, Section 65A principles and the SARFAESI forum path.
We have not written our own note on this one yet. The source report and, where we found it, the primary document are linked below.