{"id":125271,"date":"2007-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sampuran-singh-vs-sewa-singh-chouhan-and-ors-on-29-may-2007"},"modified":"2015-07-25T05:40:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T00:10:41","slug":"sampuran-singh-vs-sewa-singh-chouhan-and-ors-on-29-may-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sampuran-singh-vs-sewa-singh-chouhan-and-ors-on-29-may-2007","title":{"rendered":"Sampuran Singh vs Sewa Singh Chouhan And Ors. on 29 May, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sampuran Singh vs Sewa Singh Chouhan And Ors. on 29 May, 2007<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (2007) 147 PLR 553<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: P Kohli<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: P Kohli<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Permod Kohli, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. This appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 17.10.2002 passed by Additional District Judge, Ambala dismissing the appeal of the appellant filed against the judgment and decree dated 25.11.1999 passed by Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Ambala.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. I have perused the impugned judgments and decrees. Both the courts below have returned concurrent findings of fact. Both the courts below have passed a decree for recovery of Rs. 86,700\/- with interest at the rate of 12% per annum to be calculated on the decretal amount w.e.f. 30.6.1988 till the realisation. These findings are assailed by the appellant on two grounds. First contention of the learned Counsel for the appellants is that under the garb of suit for specific performance on the basis of an agreement, the courts below have decreed the suit on the basis of the pronote which is alleged to have been executed prior to agreement. The second contention is that the rate of interest awarded by the courts below is on the higher side. Insofar as the first contention is concerned, I do not find any valid ground to interfere with the findings of fact recorded by the courts below. Insofar as the second contention regarding the payment of interest at the rate of 12% per annum is concerned, I am of the opinion that the interest at such a rate is excessive, particularly in a suit for specific performance where the amount of earnest money has been allowed to be refunded. After hearing the learned Counsel for both the parties, I am of the considered view that the rate of interest is required to be decreased. The rate of interest is accordingly slashed to 9% per annum. With this modification, the judgment and decrees under appeal are upheld and the present Regular Second Appeal is disposed of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Sampuran Singh vs Sewa Singh Chouhan And Ors. on 29 May, 2007 Equivalent citations: (2007) 147 PLR 553 Author: P Kohli Bench: P Kohli JUDGMENT Permod Kohli, J. 1. This appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 17.10.2002 passed by Additional District Judge, Ambala dismissing the appeal of the appellant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sampuran Singh vs Sewa Singh Chouhan And Ors. on 29 May, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sampuran-singh-vs-sewa-singh-chouhan-and-ors-on-29-may-2007\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sampuran Singh vs Sewa Singh Chouhan And Ors. on 29 May, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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