IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

RSA NO.260 OF 2012

DATE OF DECISION : 19

TH

OCTOBER, 2012

Karam Singh

…. Appellant

Versus

Harbhajan Singh

…. Respondent

CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL

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Present :

Mr. Akshay Kumar Goel, Advocate for the appellant.

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L. N. MITTAL, J. (ORAL)

Defendant-Karam Singh having lost in both the Courts below

has filed this second appeal.

Respondent/plaintiff-Harbhajan Singh filed suit against

defendant-appellant alleging that on 02.11.2001, the defendant borrowed

`6,00,000/- from the plaintiff and agreed to repay the same with interest

@1.56% per month and executed pronote and receipt, but the defendant

failed to repay the loan and interest. Accordingly plaintiff claimed recovery

of `6,00,000/- as principal amount and `2,67,960/- as interest.

The defendant broadly denied the plaint averments. Defendant

denied having borrowed any amount from the plaintiff or having executed

the impugned pronote-cum-receipt. The defendant alleged that his father

had been selling his agricultural produce through commission agent M/s.

Nahar Singh & Sons belonging to plaintiff’s son-in-law Gurcharan Singh

and his family. T