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2007 Supreme(AP) 330

Andhra Pradesh High Court
Judges : P.S.NARAYANA
K. Janga Reddy - Appellant
Versus
G. Srinivas - Respondent
Decided On : 03/22/2007
Case No : C.M.A.No.590 of 2006

Advocates Appeared:For the Petitioner:Jagan Mohan Reddy, Advocate. For the Respondents:Dyumani, Advocate.

Headnote:

Financial Institutions Act, 1993 – Section 13, 19, 34 – Debts Recovery Act –Possession under Securitization Act, 2002 – Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Order XXXIX rules 1 and 2 – Temporary injunction - Peaceful possession - Schedule property - Appellant herein as petitioner, filed as specified above under Order XXXIX rules 1 and 2 of the Code praying for temporary injunction restraining respondent No.3 from interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of appellant-petitioner over plaint schedule property – Before learned II-Additional Senior Civil Judge District marked – Learned Judge after recording some reasons, came to conclusion of bar imposed by Section 34 of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 – Appellant-petitioner is not entitled to relief of injunction and accordingly dismissed application – Aggrieved by same present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal had been preferred – Contentions of learned Counsel representing appellant-petitioner-plaintiff would maintain that even if Section 34 of Act to be taken into consideration from language employed in said provision it cannot be said that a Civil Suit is absolutely barred – Learned Counsel would contend that civil suit is perfectly maintainable and may be on ground that transaction itself is fraudulent or recovery proceedings are so absurd that such proceedings cannot be further proceeded with – Learned Counsel also would submit that there is no effective remedy provided under Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 for adjudicating on questions of title and hence to say that suits are not maintainable at all cannot be sustained – Held, Apex Court had been lost sight – Court is making clear that it is one thing to decide relating to maintainability of suit as such and it is yet another thing to say whether ingredients for granting of temporary injunction are satisfied in a particular given case or not – In light of the averments made in plaint this Court is satisfied that those averments as such may not be sufficient to prima facie arrive at a conclusion that appellant-petitioner-plaintiff made out a strong prima facie case or balance of convenience is in so as to arrive at a conclusion that Section 34 of Act may have to be ignored in light of decision of Apex Court referred to supra either on ground that the transaction is fraudulent or there is some element of absurdity in the said transaction – Division Bench of Karnataka High Court in Krishna’s case while referring to Section 34 of Act observed that it is manifestly clear that the power under Section 34 of the Act is not absolute and the same is subject to certain restrictions, they are that parties who filed suit must be a party to liabilities created of secured creditor disputes between parties could be resolved under possession of Act itself; and (3) that if the claim made by the parties is outside jurisdiction of Debts Recovery Tribunal or Appellate Tribunal or any action taken or to be taken under Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 and dispute raised by parties cannot be adjudicated by any of Tribunal or authority, created under Act or under any other Act, right of parties to approach Civil Court for appropriate relief cannot be deprived and taken away – Civil Miscellaneous Appeal shall stand dismissed.

Judgment :-

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Order 43 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure (hereinafter, in short, referred to as ‘Code’ for the purpose of convenience) as against an order dated 26-6-2006 made in I.A.No.1220/2006 in O.S.No.1378/2006 on the file of II-Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar. The 3rd respondent in the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is the Corporation Bank, S.P.Road, Secunderabad represented by its Authorized Officer and Chief Manager.

2. The appellant herein, as petitioner, filed I.A.No.1220/2006 in O.S.No.1378/2006 as specified above under Order XXXIX rules 1 and 2 of the Code praying for temporary injunction restraining respondent No.3 from interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the appellant-petitioner over the plaint schedule property. Before the learned II-Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District, Ex.P.1 to Ex.P.23 were marked. The learned Judge after recording some reasons, came to the conclusion that in view of the bar imposed by Section 34 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (hereinafter, in short, referred to as ‘Act’ for the purpose of convenience) the appellant-petitioner is not entitled to the relief of injunction and accordingly dismissed the application. Aggrieved by the same, the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal had been preferred.

3. Contentions of Sri Jagan Mohan Reddy:- Sri Jagan Mohan Reddy, the learned Counsel representing appellant-petitioner-plaintiff would maintain that even if Section 34 of the Act to be taken into consideration, from the language employed in the said provision, it cannot be said that a Civil Suit is absolutely barred. The learned Counsel would contend that the civil suit is perfectly maintainable and may be on the ground that the transaction itself is fraudulent or the recovery proceedings are so absurd, that such proceedings cannot be further proceeded with. The learned Counsel also would submit that there is no effective remedy provided under the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 for adjudicating on questions of title and hence to say that the suits are not maintainable at all, cannot be sustained. The learned Counsel while further elaborating his submissions would contend that specific pleading is there in the plaint that the Bank in question had not verified the documents properly and there was negligence or at least non-diligence on the part of the Bank in verifying the documents and in the light of the same and also in view of the language of Section 9 of the Code, the civil suit is perfectly maintainable. The learned Counsel also would submit that inasmuch as the application was dismissed mainly on the ground of non-maintainability and in view of the fact that the merits and demerits had not been touched by the learned II-Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy, the matter may have to be sent back for the purpose of appreciating the merits and demerits. The learned Counsel also would comment that this Court granted interim order for a limited period and the same is being extended and hence in view of the facts and circumstances, it would be just and proper to set aside the impugned order by sending the matter back to the learned II-Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy with a direction to dispose of the application in accordance with law. The learned Counsel placed strong reliance on several decisions.

4. Contentions of Smt. Dyumani:- Smt. Dyumani, the learned Counsel representing the 3rd respondent – Corporation Bank had taken this Court through the relevant provisions of the Act and would comment that in the light of the clear language of Section 34 of the Act, the suit for injunction itself is not maintainable and even otherwise the Counsel would maintain that it is suffice to state at this stage that when the statute clearly prohibits the maintainability o





















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