JUDGMENT :

PRAYER: Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of C.P.C. to set aside the judgment and decree dated 12.07.2023 in A.S.No.32 of 2023 on the file of the Principal District Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, reversing the judgment and decree dated 10.02.2022 in O.S.No.4365 of 2021 on the file of the XIX Assistant City Civil Court, Chennai.

1. The plaintiff partnership firm challenges the judgment and decree passed by the learned Principal Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, in A.S.No.32 of 2023, in and by which, the learned Judge has reversed the judgment and decree of the learned XIX Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai, in O.S.No.4365 of 2021.

2. The facts are briefly set out herein below and the parties are referred to in the same ranking as before the Trial Court.

FACTS OF THE CASE:

2.1. The plaintiff firm had filed a suit in O.S.No.4365 of 2021 on the file of the XIX Assistant Court, City Civil Court, Chennai, for recovery of sum of Rs.6,57,056.20/- together with interest at 18% per annum from the date of the suit till the date of realisation. The plaintiff would submit that it is a legal firm providing legal services. The defendant had approached them for professional he