Introduction:
In a significant judgment, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, presided over by Justice M.M. Nerkiar, examined the intersection of consumer protection law and insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016. The case arose from Srei Equipment Finance Limited v. Rajesh Bajirao Khandewar and Others (Criminal Writ Petition No. 41 of 2025), where a consumer complaint had been filed and decided during the subsistence of a moratorium imposed under Section 14 of the IBC. The petitioner, Srei Equipment Finance Limited, challenged the order of the District Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, which had directed the return of a JCB machine allegedly repossessed illegally. The High Court was…