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ALOK JAIN
Chhinder Kaur – Appellant
Versus
Tarsem Lal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Alok Jain, J.
1. The present appeal arises out the judgment and decree dated 17.02.2017 passed by the Court below decreeing the suit of the plaintiff (respondent in the present appeal) for recovery of Rs. 1,86,656/- and also for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from alienating any portion of land as detailed in the head note of the plaint and the judgment and decree dated 28.11.2017 passed by the learned First Appellate Court whereby his appeal against the order dated 17.02.2017 was dismissed.
2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the suit was instituted at the instance of the respondent/plaintiff raising a claim that he is a Commission Agent operating in the New Grain Market, Faridkot, maintains duly recorded account books. The appellant/defendant took loan of Rs. 70,000 from respondent/plaintiff on various dates and duly acknowledged the debt by signing the appellant/plaintiff’s Bahi entry, with an agreed interest rate of Rs. 1.70 per hundred per month, as per the prevailing market practice. Subsequently, on 02.05.2008, the appellant/defendant sold wheat worth Rs. 32,861 through the respondent/plaintiff and thereafter withdrew cash on 17.06.2008, fol
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