JUDGMENT : - This is defendants First Appeal. The plaintiff had filed a suit for the recovery of Rs. 19,945/-on the basis of a pronote dated 5-10-1971 for Rs. 7000/- and another pronote dated 6-10-1971 for Rs. 6000/-each of them carrying interest at the rate of Rs. 18/per cent per annum. The defendant filed written statement raising several pleas.

One of the pleas raised was that the document was not executed at Lalitpur as contended by the plaintiff but had been executed at Bhopal and the Court had no jurisdiction to try the suit. A legal plea was taken regarding the bar of U.P. Regulations of Money Lending Act.

2. After the issues had been framed in the case on 7-9-1977 the first date of hearing was fixed for 8-10-1977. On that date the defendant applied for adjournment on account of illness and the Court fixed 16-11-77. On that date the defendant moved an application 41-A by which the defendant prayed for filing handwriting experts report about the signature of the plaintiff on the receipt filed, by her. Another application was moved for directing the plaintiff to give specimen signature so that the same may be sent for examination by an expert. Both these applications were direc

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