JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Appeal Suit filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, against the judgment and decree dated 19.06.2008 made in O.S.No.509 of 2004 on the file of the Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court No. 1), Madurai.)

1. The appellants are defendants and the respondents are plaintiffs in O.S.No.509 of 2004 on the file of the Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court No.1), Madurai. After completion of pleadings and trial, the trial Court decreed the suit for a sum of Rs.3,29,276.50/- with 7.5% interest per annum from the date of plaint till the date of payment. Challenging the same, the appellants/defendants in the suit have filed the present appeal.

2. Brief facts stated in the plaint is as follows:- The respondents/plaintiffs are doing garment export business from Mumbai. The appellants/defendants approached the respondents/plaintiffs for purchase of their garments and accordingly, the respondents/plaintiffs placed an order to the appellants/defendants under agreed terms. Though the appellants/defendants agreed to supply the required garments on or before 15.01.2000, they had partly supplied the goods that too were sub-standard and hence, the respondents/pl