VIPIN SANGHI, J.

1. The present second appeal is directed against the judgment rendered by the learned ADJ-II (Central) Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in RCA No.02/2014, whereby the first appeal preferred by the appellant/defendant in the suit to assail the judgment rendered by the learned Civil Judge in CS No.61A/2013 filed by the respondent/plaintiff to seek recovery has been dismissed, and the judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court decreeing the suit of the respondent/plaintiff for Rs.2,40,500/- along with pendentilite and future interest @ 18% p.a. till realisation has been upheld.

2. The facts, in brief, are that the respondent/plaintiff filed a suit for recovery of Rs.2,40,000/- on the ground that he had advanced a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- to the appellant/defendant on friendly terms by three cheques dated 11.05.2005 for Rs.50,000/-; 24.09.2005 for Rs.50,000/-, and; 25.08.2006 for Rs.1,00,000/-. The plaintiff claimed that the assurance given by the defendant was that the said amount would be returned alongwith interest @ 18% p.a., but the defendant failed to liquidate the outstanding amount and avoided its liability on one pretext or the other.

3. The plaintiff issued a l