JUDGMENT :

BHASKAR RAJ PRADHAN, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant (plaintiff) assailing the impugned judgment dated 23.10.2020 passed in Money Suit No. 09/2016 and the decree thereon thereby awarding her Rs. 4,30,000/- only to the plaintiff although she had claimed a sum of Rs. 10,75,000/- towards the plaintiff’s professional fees.

2. The plaint was filed in the year 2016 by the plaintiff against the two respondents who were defendant nos. 1 and 2 respectively. The defendants were husband and wife. The plaintiff was hired by them as their lawyer.

3. According to the plaintiff the defendant no. 1 had hired her services by signing the vakalatnama in her favour to conduct cases before the Debts Recovery Tribunal, Guwahati (for short DRT), the Gauhati High Court at Guwahati and the Debts Appellate Recovery Tribunal, Kolkata (for short DRAT). The defendant no. 2 had been given the power of attorney by defendant no. 1 to engage counsel to conduct the cases before the forums. The plaintiff asserted that, pursuant thereto, she appeared and conducted cases before the forums. However, despite conducting those cases on behalf of the defendants, no fees were paid to the plai