ASB mortgagee sale ruling could widen banks’ duty to get the best price. (Image: Supplied)Senior lawyers are divided on the impact of a High Court ruling over a bank’s ability to sell a house from under its owners. The High Court at Auckland on June 30 issued interim orders preventing ASB Bank’s $3.2 million mortgagee sale from proceeding for 15 working days. In his ruling, Justice David Johnstone awarded married couple Jivan Jyoti Rahal and Davinder Singh Rahal a “final, time-limited opportunity to redeem” their mortgage, effectively allowing them to pay off the debt, before ASB could settle i...