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1994 Supreme(SC) 1309

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
A.M. AHMADI, C.J.I., S. MOHAN AND Mrs. SUJATA V. MANOHAR, JJ.
Naraindas Lilaram Adnani, Appellant
Versus
Narsingdas Naraindas Adnani and others, Respondents.
Civil Appeal No. 4389 of 1994 and I.A. No. 1 of 1989
Decided on 16-12-1994.

Advocates:
A.VACHHER, ARVIND VERMA, C.N.SRI KUMAR, Dhruv Mehta, G.L.SANGHI, K.R.NAGARAJA, R.S.HEGDE, S.GANESH RAO, S.K.MEHTA, S.SUKUMARAN`

Headnote:

Civil Procedure Code,1908 – Order, 22 - Rule ,3 - Arbitration Act, 1940 - Section 15(b) – Claim tenancy rights - Rent or any compensation - After filing Special Leave Petition appellant died respondent has filed for being substituted as appellant in place original appellant - In said application which is Order Code of Civil Procedure read with relevant rules of this Court respondent has stated that deceased appellant has left Will which respondent sole executor of Will - Said Will appellant has left his entire estate to respondent his second wife - Respondent No – has therefore prayed that he should be imp leaded in his capacity as executor of Will of deceased appellant and as his legal representative – Held, It is necessary to note that first respondent has share in this property second respondent has share in this property while appellant has share in said property - Respondent is in possession of said room - Respondents have stated before us that present appellant respondent may state value of said property and respondents should be given first option either to accept said property on valuation as made by present appellant and pay off share of present appellant on basis of said valuation or in alternative they or either of them would be free to accept their respective shares in said property in monetary terms on basis said valuation - On such amounts being paid they would hand over possession of said property to present appellant - In our view this seems to be very fair offer – Court therefore direct parties to act accordingly - Present appellant respondent shall state his valuation of said property in monetary terms in writing and convey same to respondents or their advocates within weeks from today - Respondents shall exercise their option as aforesaid and indicate same in writing to present appellant or his advocate within weeks thereafter - Consequential payments shall be made within weeks thereafter and possession be either retained by respondents or handed over to respondent as heir and legal representative of original appellants case may be - In latter case respondent shall retain possession of said property for and on behalf estate of deceased appellant - Appeal allowed

JUDGMENT

SUJATA V. MANOHAR, J.:- The deceased appellant Naraindas Lilaram Adnani was the original petitioner. Respondents 1 and 2 are his sons by his first wife. The 5th respondent is also the son of the appellant by his first wife. Respondent No. 3 is the wife of the first respondent. The 6th respondent Devibai Naraindas Adnani is the second wife of the appellant. Respondents 7 and 9 are the sons of the appellant by his second wife.

2. After filing of the Special Leave Petition the appellant died on 15-4-1988. The 9th respondent has filed IA No. 1/1989 for being substituted as the appellant in place of the original appellant. In the said application which is under Order 22, Rule 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure read with relevant rules of this Court, the 9th respondent has stated that the deceased appellant has left a Will under which respondent No. 9 is the sole executor of the Will. Under the said Will the appellant has left his entire estate to respondent No. 6 i.e. his second wife. Respondent No. 9 has, therefore, prayed that he should be impleaded in his capacity as the executor of the Will of the deceased appellant and as his legal representative. The Will, however, has not been probated so far. In view of Section 213 of the Indian Succession Act, respondent No. 9 cannot, therefore, be, impleaded in his capacity as the executor of the will of the deceased appellant. It is, however, an accepted position that the legal representatives of the original appellant are already on record. We, therefore, do not see any difficulty in transposing respondent No. 9, one of the legal representatives of the deceased appellant, as the appellant. For the sake of convenience, however, the original appellant will be hereinafter referred to as the appellant and the transposed appellant will be referred to as respondent No. 9.

3. At all times material to these proceedings there were three partnership firms of which the appellant and some of his family members were partners. One was the firm of Naraindas Sons. The second firm was N. Sukhdev and Company and the third firm was Lilaram Kewalram (India). On account of differences and disputes between the appellant and the various members of his family, the parties agreed to refer their disputes to the sole arbitration of Shri D.N. Abhichandani, Advocate, under a Deed of Reference dated 17th of September, 1973. The Deed of Reference states that all disputes and differences between the parties are referred to the arbitration of Shri D.N. Abhichandani. Pursuant to the Deed of Reference the said Arbitrator entered upon the reference, heard the parties and made and published his Award dated 15th of March, 1979. The award has been filed in the Bombay High Court being Award No. 46/1979.

4. Four petitions were filed in the Bombay High Court challenging this Award. The 6th respondent, Devibai Naraindas Adnani, filed Arbitration Petition No. 102/1979. Respondent No. 7 filed Arbitration Petition No. 103/1979. The 9th respondent filed Arbitration Petition No. 104/1979 and the appellant filed Arbitration Petition No. 105\1979. All these petitions were heard and disposed of by a learned single Judge by his common judgment and order dated April 20/21, 1983, under which all the four petitions were dismissed. Being aggrieved by this order the appellant preferred an appeal before a Division Bench of the High Court being Appeal No. 563/83. No appeal was filed in the other three petitions which were also dismissed by the said judgment and order. The Division Bench has, by its judgment and order dated 10th of November, 1987 dismissed the appeal. Hence the appellant filed a special leave petition before this Court which has been granted.

5. The grievance of the appellant relates to the failure of the Arbitrator to give certain consequential reliefs in his Award. One of the properties which was the subject-matter of dispute before the Arbitrator was a property known as Narain Niwas situated at Vile Parle. Respondents 1 an














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