APHC010548732006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3397]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO APPEAL SUIT NO: 193/2006 Between:

National Insurance Co. Ltd., ...APPELLANT AND M/s Monalisa Emplorium and Others ...RESPONDENT(S)

Counsel for the Appellant:

1. VENKATESWARLU PALADUGU Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. P N MURTHY

2. CH SIVA REDDY The Court made the following:

Reserved on 02.03.2026 Pronounced on 10.03.22002266: APHC:9120 Uploaded on 10.03.2026 HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO APPEAL SUIT No.193 of 2006

JUDGMENT:

This Appeal, under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure [for short ‘the C.P.C.’], is filed by the Appellant/defendant No.1 challenging the Decree and Judgment, dated 23.11.2005, in O.S.No.482 of 1996 passed by the learned III Additional Senior Civil Judge (Fast Track Court), Guntur [for short ‘the trial Court’].

2. The appellant herein is the defendant No.1, the respondent No.1 herein is the plaintiff and the respondent No.2 herein is the defendant No.2 in O.S.No.482 of 1996.

3. Originally, the respondent No.1/plaintiff her