Prithvi Raj Mehta vs State Bank Of India And Ors on 20 February, 2025
10. But during cross-examination on 04.08.2023, plaintiff did a
complete volte face from his previous statement recorded on 11.11.2021
and admitted that plaintiff knew that the education loan account had been
declared NPA. Strangely, the plaintiff gave an evasive answer to the
question whether the bank has the right to set off the loan amount from
another account of loanee stating that he could not say so and maintaining
that appropriation of account cannot be done without the consent of the
account holder. It has been held by the Hon'ble High Court of Calcutta in
Lagnajita Chatterjee vs State Bank Of India & Ors on 23 February, 2017
that:-