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2017 Supreme(Gau) 975

IN THE HIGH COURT OF GAUHATI, ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH
KALYAN RAI SURANA, J.
Sri Ramji Singh - Petitioner
Versus
M/S Asmi Commercials Pvt. Ltd. And Another - Respondents
C.R.P.(I/O) NO. 141 of 2016
Decided On : 16-08-2017

Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. SP Roy, Mr. AK Rai, Mr. AC Roy, Ms. A. Agarwal, Advocates
For the Respondents: Mr. D. Mozumdar, Mr. Mr. R. Islam, Advs.

Headnote:

Constitution of India – Article 227 – Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Order XIX, XXXIX and XVIII – Rule 1, 2, 3 and 4 – Evidence Act, 1872– Section 138 – Temporary injunction – Various Provisions – Seeking order – Learned Senior Counsel appearing respondents truncated of unnecessary particulars is that petitioner herein had entered into an agreement with the respondents by virtue of which the respondents were to construct a multistoried multi-purpose building on land of petitioner – After substantial constructions had come up, disputes arose between petitioner and the respondents – Petitioner instituted a suit for declaration, injunction recovery of khas possession and other reliefs which was registered and same is pending for adjudication before Court of learned connection with suit petitioner has also filed a separate application for grant of temporary injunction and same was registered as respondents herein have filed their written objection in which was supported by an affidavit – Held, Petitioner can successfully demonstrate ingredients required for grant of injunction is present, a mere probability that respondent has allegedly made wrong or false statement in his written objection court has power to chaff-out bran from rice – It is a well settled law that findings recorded while deciding a case of ad-interim injunction does not get force of a decree and therefore, even if an ad-interim injunction is refused – Case court would still be acting within its jurisdiction to grant relief of permanent injunction while decreeing suit unless court does not require any specific point to be proved by affidavit – All affidavits filed in support of each and every plaint and a miscellaneous proceeding cannot be assumed to be a point proved by affidavit – But no straight jacket formula can be laid down in this regard and each case would have to be decided on its unique learned trial court is right in not treating the affidavit filed in support of written objection by respondents as evidence – Revision stands dismissed.

JUDGEMENT & ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. SP Roy, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. Dilip Mozumdar, the learned Senior Counsel appearing for the respondents.

2. By filing this application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India , the petitioner has challenged the order dated 4.11.2016 passed by the Court of the learned Civil Judge, No.2, Kamrup (Metropolitan), Guwahati in Misc. (J) Case No.52/2015 arising out of T.S. 53/2015. By the said order the petition No. 2337/16 dated 30.05.2016, filed by the petitioner- plaintiff under Order XIX Rule 2 CPC was dismissed.

3. A very lengthy argument was advanced by the both the learned counsel for the petitioner on the matter, which is otherwise a very minor issue involved in the case. The point involved is whether under the facts and circumstances of the case, it was incumbent on the part of the learned trial court to call for a deponent filing affidavit in support of written objection filed in injunction application to face cross examination by the petitioner-plaintiff.

4. The truncated facts, bereft of unnecessary particulars is that the petitioner herein had entered into an agreement with the respondents by virtue of which the respondents were to construct a multistoried multi-purpose building on the land of the petitioner. After substantial constructions had come up, disputes arose between the petitioner and the respondents. Hence, the petitioner instituted a suit for declaration, injunction, recovery of khas possession and other reliefs, which was registered as T.S No. 53/2015, and the same is pending for adjudication before the Court of the learned Civil Judge No.2, Kamrup (Metropolitan), Guwahati. In connection with the suit, the petitioner has also filed a separate application for grant of temporary injunction, and the same was registered as Misc.(J) Case No.52/2015. The respondents herein have filed their written objection in the said misc. case, which was supported by an affidavit.

5. Alleging that incorrect and false statement were made in the said written objection, the petitioner filed an application before the learned trial court under Order XIX Rule 2 read with Section 151 CPC, being petition No. 2337/16 dated 30.05.2016, praying for summoning the deponent who has sworn the affidavit in support of the written objection filed in Misc. (J) Case No.52/2015. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties, the learned trial court by an order dated 04.11.2016, impugned herein, was pleased to reject the said application, inter-alia, on the ground that the affidavit in support of the written objection cannot be treated as a testimony.

6. The learned counsel for the petitioner, by extensively quoting the various statements made in the written objection filed by the respondents in Misc.(J) Case No.52/2015, and by quoting the various provisions of law and by quoting from various case law citations, it has been projected that the learned trial court had failed to consider the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners and the petition was rejected in a mechanical manner, without assigning any reasons. By reading out various statements made in the written objection, it has been submitted that false statements can only be exposed by permitting the petitioner to cross-examine the deponent who had sworn the affidavit. It is also submitted that the person who had sworn the affidavit in support of the written objection of the respondents did not file any copy of the Board resolution showing that he is authorized to swear such affidavit and to file such objection and, as such, it is submitted that these matters can only be thrashed out by cross-examination. Extensive argument has also been advanced to project the various alleged lapses and violations on the part of the respondents in fulfilling the terms of their agreement. In the opinion of this Court, it is absolutely not necessary to burden this judgment with the detailed arguments so advanced. The sum a





























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