Under the SARFAESI Act, 2002, any person aggrieved by measures taken by a secured creditor under Section 13 may prefer an appeal before the Debts Recovery Tribunal within how many days from the date on which such measures were taken?

Section 17 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002 gives an aggrieved person, including the borrower, a statutory remedy against measures taken by the secured creditor under Section 13. The appeal must be preferred before the Debts Recovery Tribunal within forty-five days from the date on which the measure was taken, and the Tribunal may condone delay if sufficient cause is shown. The Tribunal can declare the measures invalid, restore possession and even direct restoration of management where the action is found to be contrary to the Act. The fifteen-day period belongs to the borrower's representation mechanism under Section 13(3A), the sixty-day period to the notice under Section 13(2), and a further appeal lies to the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal under Section 18.