Dear Client,
Section 60 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, lays down that after the principal money becomes due, the mortgagor can tender the money and require the mortgagee to deliver the possession of the property or the dead/documents to him. In 2020, the Supreme Court held that the right to redeem a property from a mortgagee, cannot be denied. It emphasized that equity insists upon the principle that a mortgage is intended merely to afford security to a lender and thus mortgagees have to be considerate before disposing off the property of mortgagor.
According to Rule 4 Order XXXIV of Code of Civil procedure, 1908, the mortgagee can apply for a preliminary decree in a suit for sale in the Civil Court, wherein the mortgagor shall be summoned to pay mortgaged money together along with other expenses as determined by the Court. In the event the mortgagor fails to pay the said amount, the mortgagee shall be entitled to obtain/apply for a final decree as per Rule 5 Order XXXIV of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, debarring the mortgagor to redeem the mortgaged property and permitting the mortgagee to sell the property.
In light of the same, recently, on September 2nd, 2021, the Delhi High Court, in the case of Pushpa Builder Limited v. Vaish Cooperative Adarsh Bank Limited., stated that it is, but reasonable, to expect banks, to respect the right of the borrowers to maximize their profits from the sale of collateral and securities by the banks.