STARTUP LEGAL4 Sept 2026
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A borrower who pledged agricultural produce for a bank loan is challenging a consumer court order that threw out his complaint. He says HDFC Bank and the collateral manager, NCML, failed to protect his goods, sold them without notice, and kept back recovery money received from NCML. The appeals now go to the higher consumer commission for a decision.
Key Statutory Highlights
- The State Commission dismissed separate consumer complaints, ruling they were not maintainable, and the borrower has appealed that decision.
- The borrower says HDFC Bank and NCML, the collateral agency, were negligent with pledged farm goods and auctioned them without notice at low prices.
- NCML offered ₹5,25,99,306 to HDFC Bank for losses of pledged goods across 25 borrowers, including ₹33,09,862 received for Manish Kumar that was not adjusted to his loan.
Actionable Advice for Taxpayers / Founders:If you have pledged stock or goods as security for a bank loan, keep copies of all auction notices and any insurance or indemnity claims, and check whether money recovered by the bank was credited to your account.
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