JUDGMENT

The instant appeal under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC”) seeks to assail the judgment and decree dated 18.04.2015 Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Digitally Signed passed by the Additional District Judge, Saket Court, New Delhi, whereby, the suit for recovery of the amount has been decreed against the appellant-defendant.

2. The brief factual matrix of the case would indicate that the appellant- defendant is a statutory corporation established under the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 having its registered office at New Delhi. The appellant-defendant has been operating in the field of general warehousing as well as the custom-bonded business besides operating inland depots and container freight stations.

3. The appellant-defendant approached the Directorate General of Resettlement (“DGR”) vide letter dated 29.07.2006 requesting to sponsor names of the security agencies registered with them to be deployed at CFS- D‟Node. The DGR vide letter dated 24.08.2006 agreed to sponsor three agencies and the respondent-plaintiff was one of them. Thereafter, vide letter dated 26.09.2006 respondent-plaintiff expressed its interes