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2022 Supreme(Cal) 1454

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, RAJARSHI BHARADWAJ, JJ.
Parakh Projects Private Limited & Anr. - Appellants
Versus
Rawalwasia and Sons Exim Limited & Ors. - Respondents
MAT 1101 of 2021 with CAN 1 of 2021 With CAN 2 of 2021 With CAN 3 of 2021 & MAT 1123 of 2021
Decided On : 12-07-2022

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. Sakya Sen, Mr. Sankarsan Sarkar.
For the Respondents: Mr. Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, Mr. Himadri Sikhar Chakraborty, Mr. Naren Ghosh, Ms. Debdooti Dutta, Mr. Sanjib Dutta, Mr. Monoj Kurmi, Mr. Ankit Sureka.

Headnote:

Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Section 420, 406, 120B - Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 - Judgement and order - Order of injunction - Offence of Criminal Conspiracy - Held, Court is of view that although in both cases appellants are directly affected by order of Learned Single Judge, they were not made party in writ petition - Similarly, in CAN appellant bank, Cooperative Bank Limited was a necessary party for adjudicating issue under reference - Lower court had no scope to consider bank as it was not impleaded separately and only Chief Manager Cooperative Bank Limited was made respondent no. 6 in writ petition - Therefore, appellant bank is a necessary party for adjudication of issue under reference but it was not impleaded as a party - Disposed of.

JUDGMENT :

(Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.) :

1. By this appeal, CAN 3 of 2021 in MAT 1101 of 2021 and CAN 3 of 2021 in MAT 1123 have been filed seeking leave to file appeal against the judgement and order dated 23rd April 2021. Submissions of the learned counsel for the appellants in both the appeals is that thought the appellants are directly affected by the order of the Learned Single Judge they were not made party in the writ petition. It has been pointed out that the appellants are the necessary parties in the writ petition.

2. In CAN 3 of 2021 in MAT 1101 of 2021 learned counsel for the appellants has pointed out that the order of injunction was existing which was in favour of the appellants but was not brought in the notice of the court and in such circumstance, the impleading of the appellants was necessary. Similar is the submission of the learned counsel for the appellant in CAN 3 of 2021 in MAT 1123 of 2021 is that the bank was a necessary party and respondent no.6 in the writ petition was only the acting chief manager and the bank was not impleaded separately.

3. The facts of the case in MAT 1123 of 2021 are that on 05.01.2011, one Mukti Oil Mill Private Limited entered into a notarized agreement for sale with one Rawalwasia Son Exim Limited herein the Respondent No.1 to purchase a property measuring about 22 bighas for a price of Rs. 5,00,00,000. Mukti Oil Mill Private Limited bearing a membership number 27142 of Baidyabati Sheoraphuli Co-operative Bank Limited, had approached the appellant bank for availing a loan of Rs. 4,00,00,000 on 24.10.2011 and a loan, was sanctioned in favor of Mukti Oil Mill Private Limited on the basis of the said notarized agreement and property to be mortgaged in favor of the Appellant bank on or before disbursement of loan amount. Although the entire amount of Rs. 4,00,00,000 as per Clause 2 of the said agreement for sale dated 05.11.2011 was remitted to the Respondent but the said property was not mortgaged before the Appellant bank.

4. However, the loan Account under reference was declared as Non-Performing Asset on 31.03.2012. On intimating the same to the respondent No.1 vide Letter no. HO/335/13-14 dated 11.06.2013 and thereafter sending a legal notice on 12.04.2015 whereby requesting either to mortgage the property before the appellant bank or refund the public money, the respondent continued to enjoy the public money without mortgaging the subject property before the appellant bank.

5. The Appellant Bank on 19.12.2013 lodged an FIR being 563/2013 before the Serampore Police Station against the respondent No.1, Mukti Oil Mill Private Limited and others under section 420/406/120B of IPC. However, since the said property was not mortgaged before the Appellant bank, they were restrained from filing a suit (72896 of 2017) for declaration of permanent and mandatory injunction under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 of The Code of Civil Procedure. Nonetheless, the Learned Court by an order dated 28.11.2017 granted an ad interim order of injunction in the aforesaid suit whereby restraining the respondent No.1 from transferring the subject property.

6. Therefore, the appellant bank became a necessary party for the adjudication of the issue under reference. Although, the Appellant bank had a separate entity, it was not impleaded as a party. However, learned counsel for the respondent no 6, who was being impleaded in the writ petition contended that the petitioner company, in violation of the injunction order, had been transferring the property in question in favor of third parties and thus, the police was justified in stopping such development work.

7. In MAT 1101 of 2021, the appellants namely Parakh Projects Pvt Ltd. have appealed against the order passed by the Hon’ble Single Judge arising out of WPA No.6282 of 2021. Learned counsel appearing for the appellants submits that the petitioner No.1 fraudulently obtained the impugned order dated April 23, 2021, that the impugned order should be stayed or set asid

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