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The suit had been filed seeking a direction against the defendants to jointly and severally pay a sum of Rs.75/- lakhs towards consolidated damages and compensation spent in setting up a business as lessees of the defendants, which failed owing to the interference and for payment of a sum of Rs.25/- lakhs towards loss of business and for refund of security deposit of Rs.9/- lakhs together with interest at 24% p.a., and to pay a sum of Rs.3,11,550/- spent towards the cost of dismantling and removing interior, stocks and stores and also for costs of the suit.

2. In the plaint, it had been stated that the plaintiffs had taken out on lease, premises bearing Door No. 9/17, Mc.Nicholas Road, Chetpat, Chennai – 600 031 measuring about 3400 sq.ft., in the ground floor from the defendants on monthly rent. The defendants had collected a sum of Rs.9/ lakhs from the plaintiffs as advance. The lease deed was entered into on 01.06.2016. However, the plaintiffs were able to occupy the premises only from December 2016. The rent was paid from August 2016. It had been stated that the plaintiffs had proposed to commence business from November 2016 but since the defendants did not provide the