The High Court of Delhi has stayed proceedings initiated by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) against Axis Bank Limited, along with summons issued to its Managing Director and CEO. In an order dated October 16, 2025, Justice Sachin Datta issued a prima facie finding that the NCST’s proceedings were “without jurisdiction.”

The Court prima facie held that provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, “cannot be invoked to preclude/ prevent the exercise of mortgage right/security interest of the petitioner” bank.

The judgment was passed in W.P.(C) 16123/2025, filed by Axis Bank seeking to restrain the NCST (respondent no. 1) from investigating a representation filed by respondent no. 2 and to quash summons and an order issu

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