2022 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 46135
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF APRIL, 2022
PRESENT
THE HON9BLE MR.JUSTICE G.NARENDAR
AND
THE HON9BLE MR.JUSTICE M.G.S.KAMAL
REGULAR FIRST APPEAL NO.567 OF 2015 (MON)
BETWEEN:
1 . M/S JUPITER MARINES PVT LTD.,
A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE
COMPANIES ACT, 1956
HAVING REGISTERED OFFICE AT MANOOR
FISHERIES ROAD
KOTA-576 221
UDUPI TALUK
REP.BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR.
2 . SRI.K.C. KUNDER
S/O.SRI.CHIKKAYYA MARKALA
AGED ABOUT 78 YEARS
MANAGING DIRECTOR
JUPITER MARINES PVT.LTD.,
REGD. OFFICE:MANOOR FISHERIES ROAD
KOTA-576221
UDUPI TALUK.
3 . SMT. RADHA KUNDER
AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS
W/O SRI. K.C.KUNDER
DIRECTOR
JUPITER MARINES PVT.LTD.,
REGD. OFFICE:MANOOR FISHERIES ROAD,
KOTA-576221, UDUPI TALUK.
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4 . SRI SURESH KUNDER
AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS
S/O SRI.K.C.KUNDER
DIRECTOR
JUPITER MARINES PVT.LTD.,
REGD. OFFICE:MANOOR FISHERIES ROAD
KOTA-576221.
UDUPI TALUK.
5 . SRI DINESH KUNDER
AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS
S/O SRI.K.C.KUNDER
DIRECTOR
JUPITER MARINES PVT.LTD.,
REGD. OFFICE:MANOOR FISHERIES ROAD
KOTA-576221.
UDUPI TALUK.
&.APPELLANTS
(BY SRI. K. CHANDRANATH ARIGA, ADVOCATE)
AND:
M/S NAYAK9S FINANCE & INVESTMENT (R) KOTA
REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER
SRI.K. LAXMINARAYAN NAYAK
AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS
S/O SRI. K.BABURAYA NAYAK
R/AT KOTA-576 221.
UDUPI TALUK.
&.RESPONDENT
(BY SRI. RAJENDRA M.S. FOR HOLLA & HOLLA ADVOCATE)
THIS REGULAR FIRST APPEAL IS FILED UNDER
SECTION 96 OF CPC AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND
DECREE DATED 06.03.2015 PASSED IN OS No.38/2004 ON
THE FILE OF THE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE, KUNDAPURA,
DECREED THE SUIT FOR RECOVERY OF MONEY.
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THIS APPEAL COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY,
G. NARENDAR J, DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
Heard learned counsel for the appellants and
learned counsel for the sole respondent.
2.
It is submitted that first appellant was an
incorporated entity and on account of certain violations
came to be struck off from the roles of Registrars of
the Companies and that the debt having been
admitted, the parties having negotiated and arrived at
settlement namely, appellants/judgment debtors have
agreed
to
pay
a
sum
of
Rs.40,00,000/-
and
respondent/plaintiff has agreed to receive the same in
full and final settlement.
3.
The parties have reduced to writing their
terms of understanding. The same reads as under;
<a. The Respondent has agreed to receive an
amount of Rs.40,00,000/- (Rupees Fourty
Lakhs Only) as the full and final settlement of
its claim and in full satisfaction of the decree
passed in O.S. No.38/2004 by the Court of
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the
Sr.
Civil
Judge,
Kundapura
dated:06.03.2015.
b. The Appellants have no-objection for
withdrawal of the amount of Rs.15,00,000/-
deposited by them before the Hon9ble High
Court and for transfer of the said amount to
the account bearing No.01312200081511 at
Canara
Bank,
Saligrama
Branch
(IFSC
Code:CNRB0010131) of Sri. K. Laminarayana
Nayak, Managing Partner, M/s.
Nayak Finance & Investment.
c. The Appellant Nos. 3 to 5 hereby agree to
pay a sum of Rs.25,00,000/- by way of
Demand Draft No.324985 drawn on Canara
Bank, Thekkatte Branch, dated:01.02.2022 in
favour of Sri. K. Laxminarayana Nayak,
Managing Partner, M/S. Nayak Finance &
Investment. The Appellant Nos. 3 to 5 have
agree to handover the said Demand Draft to
K. Laxminarayana Nayak, before the Hon9ble
High Court, at the time of recording of this
compromise.
d. The Respondent acknowledges the receipt
of Rs.25,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs
Only) and acknowledges that it has received
the total agreed amount of Rs.40,00,000/-
(Rupees
Forty
Lakhs
Only)
from
the
Appellants Nos.3 to 5.
e. The Respondent has no other claim against
the Appellants.
f. The Appellants 3 to 5 have paid the court
fee of Rs.1,77,125(Rupees One Lakh Seventy
Seven Thousand One Hundred and Twenty
Five) on the appeal. The Court fee paid in the
appeal may be transferred to the account of
Appellant No.4.=
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4.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the
appellants that appellants have deposited a sum of
Rs.15,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Lakhs only) before this
Court. Today, they have handed over Demand Draft
bearing No.324985, drawn on Canara Bank, Thekkatte
Branch dated 01.02.2022 for a sum of Rs.25,00,000/-
(Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs only). The respondent
acknowledges the receipt of the said Demand Draft.
The learned counsel for the appellants submits that
they have no objection to release the amount
deposited by them before this Court and transfer the
said amount to the account of the respondent. His
submission is taken on record.
5.
Office shall release the amount in deposit in
favour of respondent after following due process.
6.
The appeal is partly allowed in terms of the
Compromise Petition.
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Office shall draw decree accordingly. Registry to
look in and refund the permissible Court Fee.
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JUDGE
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JUDGE
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