IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH
SANJAY DWIVEDI, J.
Colonel Ali - Applicant
Versus
M/s Fusions Infraestate Pvt. Ltd. & others - Respondents
MCC No. 228 of 2020
Decided On : 12-11-2021
CPC - Order 9 Rule 13, Sections 151 and 152 - 16 of the Court Fees Act - The court discussed the validity of the decree drawn in pursuance to an agreement executed before the Mediator and the review petition filed against it. The court found that the decree was drawn in view of the terms and conditions of the agreement, which was accepted by the parties, and therefore, the present applicant's objection to the decree was rejected. The court also held that the applicant was aware of the proceedings and the terms of the agreement, and thus, no notice was required to be given to the applicant by the High Court. The court dismissed the present MCC, finding it to be without substance.
Fact of the Case:
The applicant sought relief to set aside the order and decree passed in Review Petition No. 913/2018, claiming that he was not a party to the civil suit or the first appeal. The applicant objected to the decree being drawn without notice to him and argued that the orders passed were contrary to law, violating the principle of natural justice.
Finding of the Court:
The court found that the decree was drawn in view of the terms and conditions of the agreement executed before the Mediator, which was accepted by the parties, including the present applicant. The court held that no prejudice was caused to the applicant, and therefore, the objection to the decree was rejected. The court also dismissed the present MCC, finding it to be without substance.
Issues: The main issues were the validity of the decree drawn in pursuance to the agreement executed before the Mediator, the requirement of notice to the present applicant, and the maintainability of the present MCC.
Ratio Decidendi: The court held that the decree was valid as it was drawn in view of the terms and conditions of the agreement accepted by the parties, including the present applicant. The court also found that no notice was required to be given to the applicant by the High Court. The court dismissed the present MCC, finding it to be without substance.
Final Decision: The court rejected the present MCC and dismissed it as without substance, upholding the validity of the decree drawn in pursuance to the agreement executed before the Mediator and finding that no notice was required to be given to the present applicant by the High Court.
ORDER :
This MCC has been filed by the applicant under Order 9 Rule 13 and Sections 151 and 152 of the Code of Civil Procedure asking relief therein to set aside the order passed on 22.06.2018 in Review Petition No. 913/2018 and the decree drawn in pursuance to the order dated 22.06.2018 be also set aside.
2. The facts adumbrated in nutshell are that non-applicant Nos. 1 and 2 entered into an agreement on 24.12.2013 to sell the land belonging to Kh. No. 244, 240/2, 243/1 and 244/1 situated at Patwari Halka No. 11 of Village Jharkhera, Tehsil and District Sehore, total area measuring 11.20 acres. The non-applicant No. 3, on the basis of power of attorney of non-applicant No. 2 (Smt. Jyoti Goyal) executed the sale deed for sale of 3.25 acres of land on 15.07.2014 in favour of non-applicant No.1.
3. A civil suit was filed by non-applicant No.1 for specific performance of agreement entered into between the parties and after filing the civil suit, on the basis of an application for amendment, the nomenclature of the plaintiff was changed.
4. An application under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC was filed by the non-applicant No. 3 namely, Bilal Hussain for rejecting the plaint and vide order dated 02.03.2016, the application was allowed and thereafter first appeal under Section 96 of CPC was filed against the judgment and decree dated 02.03.2016 passed in Civil Suit No. 21-A/2015. In the said appeal, on 31.10.2017 parties appeared before the High Court and asked to pass a decree in terms of the agreement executed by the parties before the mediator and also claimed that the impugned judgment and decree be set aside and the matter be remitted to the trial court for testing the same on merit. On 31.10.2017, the High Court set aside the impugned judgment and decree passed in Civil Suit No. 21-A/2015 in view of the compromise took place between the parties before the mediator and the matter was remitted back to the trial court for testing the same on merit and in view of the provision of Section 16 of the Court Fees Act the High Court directed the authority to refund the court fees deposited by the appellant.
5. Thereafter, a review petition was preferred by non-applicant No.1 M/s Fusions Infraestate Pvt. Ltd. pointing out that the decree as per the order of the court has not been drawn and the same be directed to be drawn in view of the terms and conditions of Annexure A/1. The review petition i.e. RP No. 913/2018 was disposed of vide order dated 22.06.2018 directing Registry to draw a decree in terms of agreement dated 06.07.2017. As per the agreed terms, as placed before the mediator, a sale deed was to be executed in respect of 3.75 acres of land by non-applicant Nos. 2 and 3.
6. Thereafter, decree was drawn and the First Appeal No.267/2016 was accordingly decided and a compromise decree was passed by the High Court in pursuance to the request made by the parties moving an application under Section 89 of CPC filed in First Appeal No. 267/2016 asking that the matter be referred to the mediator.
7. However, the non-applicant No. 3 filed review petitions i.e. RP Nos. 621/2019 and 422/2019, which were entertained by this Court and decided vide order dated 27.09.2019 dismissing the same with cost of Rs. 50,000/-.
8. Against the order dated 27.09.2019 passed in the aforesaid review petitions, SLP was filed before the Supreme Court and the said SLP was also dismissed vide order dated 07.02.2020 wherein the Supreme Court condoned the delay occurred in filing the SLP, but, dismissed the SLP observing as under:-
9. Thereafter, the decree drawn in pursuance to the order of the High Court was put for execution in which the application was moved by the present applicant under Order 1 Rule 10 of CPC for deleting his name, but, the said application was rejected by the Executing Court vide order dated 07.12.2019 against which a petition i.e. MP No. 268/2020
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