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NC: 2023:KHC:23866-DB
COMAP No. 92 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF JULY, 2023
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE
AND
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ANANT RAMANATH HEGDE
COMMERCIAL APPEAL NO.92 OF 2022
BETWEEN:
MR. KANNAN DOSS
AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS
SON OF LATE SRI SOLYAN DOSS,
RESIDING AT S-613,
MANIPAL CENTRE
DICKENSON ROAD
BENGALRUU 560042
…APPELLANT
(BY SRI. APPAIAH P B., ADVOCATE)
AND:
Mr. A. MAHESH KUMAR
AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS,
SON OF LATE DR A K ANNAMALAI,
RESIDING AT A-305
BAIRAVI CRUZ LUXOR
CHELEKERE MAIN ROAD,
BENGALRUU 560023
…RESPONDENT
(BY SRI. PRAKASH B N., ADVOCATE)
Digitally signed
by BELUR
RANGADHAMA
NANDINI
Location: HIGH
COURT OF
KARNATAKA
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NC: 2023:KHC:23866-DB
COMAP No. 92 of 2022
THIS COMAP / COMMERCIAL APPEAL IS FILED UNDER
SECTION 13 (1A) OF THE COMMERCIAL COURTS ACT, 2015,
R/W
SECTION
37(1)(C)
OF
THE
ARBITRATION
AND
CONCILIATION ACT, 1996, PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE
JUDGMENT DATED 20/12/2021 PASSED BY THE LD. LXXXV
ADDL. CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE AT BENGALURU
(CCH-86), IN COM.A.S.NO.103/2019 AND ETC.
THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY,
ALOK ARADHE J., DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
Mr.Appaiah P.B., learned counsel for the appellant.
Mr.Prakash B.N., learned counsel for the respondent.
This appeal under Section 13(1A) of the Commercial
Courts Act, 2015 read with Section 37(1)(c) of the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, has been filed
against the judgment dated 20.12.2021 passed in
Com.A.S.No.103/2019 by the LXXXV Additional City Civil
and
Sessions
Judge,
Bengaluru
(for
short,
'the
Commercial Court') by which the petition under Section
34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has been
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allowed and the award passed by the Arbitrator has been
set aside.
2.
Learned counsel for the parties, while inviting
the attention of this Court to the compromise petition filed
on behalf of the parties, submit that the dispute between
the parties has been amicably resolved.
3.
The terms and conditions of compromise
arrived at between the parties read as under:
"III. The Appellant and Respondent mutually
agree that the arbitral award dated 19.02.2019
passed
by
the
Ld.Sole
Arbitrator
in
A.C.No.102/2018 before the Arbitration &
Conciliation Centre - Bengaluru, be modified as
follows:
1)
The Appellant and Respondent hereby
withdraw their respective claims and counter-
claims
against
each
other
as
made
in
A.C.No.102/2018;
2) The Respondent acknowledges that the
Schedule 'B' building built by the Appellant on
the Schedule 'A' property owned by the
Respondent has been built in accordance with
the agreed specifications and the sanctioned
plan dated 01.12.2007 and modified sanctioned
plan dated 30.04.2008 issued by the Bruhat
Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and that
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the BBMP has issued its Occupancy Certificate
dated 28.09.2010 for the Schedule 'B' building;
3) Neither party is required to pay the other
any amount on any accounts whatsoever,
except as hereinafter stated;
4) The Appellant and Respondent hereby agree
to share the Schedule 'A' property and the
Schedule
'B'
building
thereon
between
themselves on an "as-is-where-is" basis in the
following
ratio:
55%
(Fifty
five
percent)
undivided share to the Appellant; 45% (Forty
five
percent)
undivided
share
to
the
Respondent;
5) Upon such sharing, the Appellant and
Respondent will become the absolute owners of
their
respective
undivided
shares
of
the
Schedule 'A' property and the Schedule 'B'
building (hereinafter "Schedule Properties" for
short);
6) The Appellant and Respondent will mutually
engage the services of a realtor, viz., M/s.
CBRE, or any other mutually acceptable realtor,
to find a buyer for the Schedule Properties and
sign such mandate / contract with such realtor
as may be required incorporating the terms of
this settlement in so far as it relates to sharing
the
sale
consideration
for
the
Schedule
properties in the agreed ratio of 55% (Fifty five
percent) to the Appellant and 45% (Forty five
percent) to the Respondent;
7) The Appellant and Respondent agree to file a
joint memo or other required application in A.A.
No.25002/2012 (disposed of on 06.10.2020 by
the Ld. LXXIII Addl. City Civil & Sessions Judge,
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(CCH-74), Mayo Hall, Bengaluru), to retrieve all
the original title deeds and other original
documents
pertaining
to
the
Schedule
Properties and the same will be handed over to
their mutual friend Mr. Bijou Kurien to hold in
escrow and make the same available for
inspection
to
prospective
buyers
for
the
purpose of title search / due diligence and to
hand over the same to the buyer of the
Schedule Properties.
8) Upon a buyer being identified for the
Schedule
Properties,
for
a
consideration
acceptable to both parties, the Appellant and
Respondent will jointly convey the Schedule
Properties to such buyer.
9) The Appellant and Respondent agree that
the property tax dues, penalties, statutory and
mandatory dues to BBMP and/or any other
government authority or body on the Schedule
Properties till the date of the final sale /
disposal of the same will be paid from the total
sale consideration receivable / received for the
Schedule
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