IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
M.R. Shah, B.N. Karia, JJ.
Madhuram Properties - Appellant
Vs.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. - Respondent
Appeal From Order No. 210 of 2017 With Civil Application No. 8448 of 2017 In
Decided On : 10-07-2017
Commercial Courts Act, 2015, Section 2(c), 2(c)(vii) -Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned order passed by the learned Judge, Commercial Court, City Civil Court, passed below Exh in Commercial Civil Suit by which, the learned Judge has partly allowed the said application preferred by the original defendant and in exercise of powers under Order VII Rule of the Code of Civil Procedure has returned the plaint to the original plaintiff to present it before the appropriate Court having jurisdiction to try and entertain the same original plaintiff has preferred present Appeal From Order -Leading to the present Appeal From Order in nutshell are as under -Appellant herein -Original plaintiff has instituted Commercial Civil Suit in the Commercial Court at for possession permanent injunction mesne profit and other reliefs as prayed for in the suit -Original plaintiff prayed the following reliefs –Held, Considering the Section of the Commercial Courts Act r/w Order VII Rule of the Civil Procedure Code it cannot be said that the learned Commercial Court has committed any error in retuning the plaint to the plaintiff to present it before the appropriate Court having jurisdiction -Under the circumstances we see no reason to interfere with the impugned order passed by the learned Commercial Court -We are in complete agreement with the view taken by the learned Commercial Court -Under the circumstances, present Appeal From Order deserves to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed -Consequently the Civil Application stands dismissed -Learned Commercial Court it appears that while returning the plaint, the learned Commercial Court had granted days time to the plaintiff to present the plaint before the Court having the jurisdiction, which the plaintiff had challenged in the present proceedings and by now days time has expired. Therefore so as to enable the plaintiff to present the plaint before the Court having jurisdiction, we grant further days time from today to the plaintiff to present plaint before the Court having the jurisdiction -With this -Court specifying in which Court, he proposes to submit plaint after its return -After intimation as provided under of Order Rule of the Civil Procedure Code it is for the plaintiff to make an application to the Court as provided in of Order Rule No duty is cast upon the Court except as provided under Order Rule of the Civil Procedure Code of Order Rule A shall be applicable only in a case where after the intimation of the decision of the Court is given to the plaintiff as per of Order Rule and thereafter, plaintiff having been satisfied accepts that the suit is filed before the wrong Court having no jurisdiction, an opportunity is given to the plaintiff to submit an appropriate application satisfying in which Court he proposes to submit the plaint after its returned. In the present case in fact no such eventuality is taken place. On the contrary, the plaintiff asserts that the Commercial Court in which the suit is preferred has jurisdiction. Therefore, as such it cannot be said that as while passing the impugned order, the learned Commercial Court has not followed the procedure as required under Order Rule of the Civil Procedure Code and therefore, the impugned order deserves to be quashed and set aside. Before passing the impugned order, on the application submitted by the defendantthe plaintiff has been given an ample opportunity and after considering the submissions made on behalf of the rival parties thereafter the learned Commercial Court has passed the impugned order -Under the circumstances, it cannot be said that the impugned order is vitiated and/or deserves to be quashed and set aside as sought to be contended on behalf of the plaintiff -Present Appeal From order stands dismissed.
M.R. SHAH, J.
1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned order passed by the learned Judge, Commercial Court, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad passed below Exh.20 in Commercial Civil Suit No. 239 of 2016, by which, the learned Judge has partly allowed the said application Exh.20 preferred by the original defendant and in exercise of powers under Order VII Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure has returned the plaint to the original plaintiff to present it before the appropriate Court having jurisdiction to try and entertain the same, original plaintiff has preferred present Appeal From Order.
2. The facts leading to the present Appeal From Order in nutshell are as under:
3. That the appellant herein - original plaintiff (hereinafter referred to as the “original plaintiff”) has instituted Commercial Civil Suit No. 239 of 2016 in the Commercial Court at Ahmedabad for possession, permanent injunction, mesne profit and other reliefs as prayed for in the suit. That the original plaintiff prayed the following reliefs:
“(a) The Hon'ble Court be pleased to pass a decree that the defendant to hand over possession of the flats described in the schedule to the Indenture of sub-lease bearing registration nos. 15397, 15400, 15403, 15407, 15410, 15413, 15415, 15421, 15423, 15425, 15428, 15430 to the plaintiff;
(b) The Hon’ble Court be pleased to pass a decree for Rs. 4,76,78,400/- (Rupees Four Crore Seventy Eight Thousand Four Hundred Only) with interest @18% p.a from the date of the suit till realization in favour of the plaintiff and against the defendant;
(c). The Hon'ble Court be pleased to pass a decree that the defendant do pay mesne profits @Rs. 79,46,400/- (Rupees Seventy Nine Lacs Forty Six Thousand Four Hundred Only) per month till handing over of the possession of the flats to the plaintiff;
(d). The Hon'ble Court be pleased to grant a permanent injunction restraining the defendant, their agents, employees, servants, representatives, persons claiming through them from transferring or creating third party interest or parting with possession in favour of third parties in respect of flats of “Madhuram Greens”.”
4. From the averments in the plaint, it appears that, the plaintiff and defendant entered into one indenture of sub lease on 28.10.2013 in respect of 216 flats situated in blocks No. A to L of residential blocks known as “Maduram Greens” situated at Sargasan, Tal & Dist. Gandhinagar on the terms and conditions mentioned in such indenture. It appears that by the aforesaid indenture, the plaintiff agreed to grant sub lease of such flats to the defendant for a period of three years. The commencement date was 28.10.2013 and the same was to end on the close of the business hours of 25.10.2015 After expiry of such initial period, the defendant was to hand over to the plaintiff the vacant possession of the such flats in the same state and condition as prevailing on the sub-lease commencement date. That indenture provide monthly rent for such flats and the aggregate of such monthly rental was Rs. 36,12,000/-. The aggregate built up area chargeable for the purpose of rent was 15162 sq mtr. The defendant was required to pay Rs. 1,08,36,000/- as and by way of advance and same was to be adjusted against the rent payable for first three months. It is not disputed that said flats were leased for the residential purpose of the staff of the defendant. It is also not in dispute that the “Madhuram Greens” is residential project. That the dispute arose between the parties and it appears that the renewal did not materialize and the lease came to an end on 3.3.2016 and therefore, according to the plaintiff, the defendant became liable to handover the possession of the flats in the same state and conditions. As the possession of the flats were not handed over in the same state and condition on the commencement of the lease and the dispute arose between the parties and therefore, the plaintiff instituted the aforesaid suit in the Commerc
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