SupremeToday Landscape Ad
Back
Next
Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation
Listen Article Pause Article
judgment-img

2018 Supreme(Chh) 580

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR
Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, Rajani Dubey, JJ.
Vijaylakshmi Tractors, A Partnership Firm – Appellant
Versus
Mahadev Sahu S/o Johan Lal Sahu – Respondent
FA No. 73 of 2012
Decided On : 04-07-2018

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Rakesh Dubey, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. Awadh Tripathi, Advocate

Headnote:

Suit for Recovery of Money - Appellant-plaintiff filed a suit for recovery of money along with interest with a total amount and also interest till date of recovery on pleading, inter alia, that plaintiff carries on business of sale and purchase of tractor under trade - plaintiff is a partnership firm, of which, Bajrang Agrawal and Mohan Agrawal are partners, It was pleaded that a tractor and a trolley, total value was purchased by defendant from plaintiff on cash payment on date of purchase and remained balance payment to be made. Further case of plaintiff was that an agreement was entered into between parties under which the defendant agreed to pay balance amount within two months by arranging finance from the Bank. It was further pleaded that the defendant also agreed that in case, defendant fails to pay the balance amount within two months, he will be liable to pay interest @ 21% and will make full payment on It was also pleaded that defendant signed invoice issued and also executed an agreement on stamp paper as also an affidavit in support of agreement defendant, did not pay the balance amount which was payable to plaintiff. Despite notices given to defendant when the balance amount was not paid, plaintiff had to file a suit – Held, Defendant prove that entire amount was paid by him and even if plaintiff would have failed to produce those documents despite notices for production of those documents given by defendant, in appropriate cases, a finding could be recorded against the plaintiff - Plaintiff has succeeded in proving by clinching and reliable evidence that he only received Rs.40,000/-. The defendant having acknowledged his liability to pay the balance amount of Rs.3,90,000/- proved from reliable documentary evidence of agreement and affidavit executed by none other than the defendant and the defendants defence having been found to be false and afterthought, the trial Court ought to have decreed the suit of the plaintiff - Appeal is allowed.

JUDGMENT :

Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, J.

1. This plaintiff's appeal is directed against impugned judgment and decree dated 31.01.2012, by which, the First Additional District Judge, Sakti, District Janjgir-Champa in Civil Suit No.9-B of 2009, has dismissed the suit of the plaintiff.

2. The appellant-plaintiff filed a suit for recovery of Rs.3,90,000/- along with interest at the rate of 21% with a total amount of Rs.6,33,000/- and also interest till the date of recovery on the pleading, inter alia, that the plaintiff carries on the business of sale and purchase of tractor under the trade name Vijaylakshmi Tractors. The plaintiff is a partnership firm, of which, Bajrang Agrawal and Mohan Agrawal are partners. It was pleaded that a tractor and a trolley, total value of Rs.4,30,000/- was purchased by the defendant from the plaintiff on 12.06.2006 on cash payment of Rs.40,000/- on the date of purchase and Rs.3,90,000/- remained balance payment to be made. Further case of the plaintiff was that an agreement was entered into between the parties under which the defendant agreed to pay balance amount Rs.3,90,000/- within two months by arranging finance from the Bank. It was further pleaded that the defendant also agreed that in case, defendant fails to pay the balance amount within two months, he will be liable to pay interest @ 21% and will make full payment on or before 2nd of June, 2007. It was also pleaded that the defendant signed invoice issued on 12.06.06 and also executed an agreement on stamp paper on 12.06.06 as also an affidavit in support of the agreement. The defendant, however, did not pay the balance amount of Rs.3,90,000/- which was payable to the plaintiff. Despite notices given to the defendant when the balance amount was not paid, the plaintiff had to file a suit.

3. The defence taken by the defendant was that the defendant had paid the entire sale consideration of Rs.4,33,000/- and no amount remained balance to be paid to the plaintiff. Defendant's case was that the agreement between the parties was that the defendant would pay the entire amount of sale consideration and when, later on, defendant would be getting loan financed from the Bank, the amount shall be returned to the defendant. It was further pleaded that the defendant denied having executed any agreement and stated that his signatures were, at the time of sale and purchase of the vehicle, obtained on various blank papers including a blank stamp paper which have now been used by the plaintiff, though, there did not exist any such agreement.

4. Learned Trial Court framed as many as 8 issues which are reproduced as below:

،

okn Á'u

fu"d"kZ

1-

D;k oknh us Áfroknh dks ,pŒ,eŒVhŒ VªsDVlZ 2522 flfj;y uacj 3521 baftu uacj 31254 VªsŒthŒchŒ uacj 31192 rFkk Vªkyh psfpl uacj ,l vkbZ@0041@06&07 dks fnukad 12-06-2006 dks vU; lkekuksa lfgr 4]30]000@& esa cspdj 'kiFk i= ,oa bdjkjukek dh fy[kk i<+h dh\

oknh] Áfroknh ds ikl :i;s 4]30]000@& esa VsªDVj&Vªkyh cspk Fkk] fdUrq Áfroknh }kjk oknh ds i{k esa dksbZ bdjkjukek ;k 'kiFk i= ugha fy[kk x;k FkkA

2-

D;k mDr VsªDVj&Vªkyh ds ewY; 4]30]000 esa ls fnukad 12-06-2006 dks 40]000@& :i;s oknh dks ÁkIr gqvk gS\

Áfroknh fnukad 12-06-2006 dks oknh dks :i;s 40]000@& fn;k Fkk rFkk 'ks"k jde og mDr frfFk ds ckn ns pqdk gS vkSj dksbZ jde cdk;k ugha gSA

3-

D;k oknh mDr VsªDVj&Vªkyh dk 'ks"k jde 3]90]000@& m/kkjh esa fn;k Fkk\

ugha

4-

D;k Áfroknh m/kkjh jde dks nks ekg ds Hkhrj cSad QkbZusal djkdj nsus dk oknk fd;k Fkk rFkk nks ekg esa cSad QkbZusal ugha gksus ij m/kkjh jde ij 21 Áfr'kr C;kt lfgr okil djus dk oknk fd;k Fkk\

ugha

5-

D;k oknh us >wBs ,oa QthZ nLrkostksa ds vk/kkj ij Áfroknh ds fo:) ;g nkok vkus okys eqvkotk Ádj.k ls cpus ds fy, yk;k gS\

oknh }kjk ;g nkok eqvkotk Ádj.k ls cspus
























Click Here to Read the rest of this document

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
SupremeToday Portrait Ad
supreme today icon
whatsapp-icon Back to top