{"id":131050,"date":"2009-07-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/elsy-vs-ponnan-on-3-july-2009"},"modified":"2018-08-28T05:21:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T23:51:33","slug":"elsy-vs-ponnan-on-3-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/elsy-vs-ponnan-on-3-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Elsy vs Ponnan on 3 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Elsy vs Ponnan on 3 July, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 13445 of 2009(R)\n\n\n1. ELSY, D\/O.BABY, AGED 47 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. PRINCY, AGED 17, D\/O.PONNAN, -DO-\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. PONNAN, S\/O.LATE VELAYUDHAN,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.SUNIL NAIR PALAKKAT\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.R.DIVAKARAN\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice R.BASANT\nThe Hon'ble MRS. Justice M.C.HARI RANI\n\n Dated :03\/07\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                R.BASANT &amp; M.C. HARI RANI,JJ\n\n         ==============================\n\n                  W.P.(C)NO.13445 OF 2009\n\n          ============================\n\n         DATED THIS THE 6TH DAY OF JULY 2009\n\n                           JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>Basant,J.\n<\/p>\n<p>     The petitioners     are wife and child respectively of the<\/p>\n<p>respondent.    There was    acrimony in the matrimony and two<\/p>\n<p>O.Ps.were filed, one for divorce and the other for maintenance<\/p>\n<p>and return of ornaments, etc. Before the Family Court, the cases<\/p>\n<p>were settled. The parties accepted that a property belonging to<\/p>\n<p>the respondent can be partitioned into three shares. One was to<\/p>\n<p>be allotted to the wife, the other for the child and the third share<\/p>\n<p>was to be allotted to the husband-respondent herein. There was<\/p>\n<p>a further agreement that one-third share of the husband shall be<\/p>\n<p>assigned in the name of the daughter, the 2nd petitioner herein on<\/p>\n<p>condition that the mother-the 1st petitioner pays an amount of<\/p>\n<p>Rupees four lakhs within six months of the date of the<\/p>\n<p>agreement, i.e.20-11-2007. A joint application for divorce under<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">WPC.13445\/2009                 -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Section 10-A of the Indian Divorce Act was also filed as per the<\/p>\n<p>agreement before the Family Court.     But the necessary steps<\/p>\n<p>were not taken by 20-5-2008 and the documents were not<\/p>\n<p>executed.    According to the petitioners, there was no fault<\/p>\n<p>whatsoever on their part.     As early as on 17-5-2008 &#8211; the<\/p>\n<p>dead-line was 20-5-2008, draft of the document was produced<\/p>\n<p>for approval. That draft was not acceptable to the respondent as<\/p>\n<p>the assignee was shown to be not the child but the wife-the 1st<\/p>\n<p>petitioner herein. Application under Section 10-A of the Indian<\/p>\n<p>Divorce Act was also not pursued and happened to be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>On    24-5-2008 execution petition was filed by the wife.    The<\/p>\n<p>property in question was attached. Before the court below, in the<\/p>\n<p>execution petition both sides made mutual recriminations as to<\/p>\n<p>why the decree could not be complied with. What is crucially<\/p>\n<p>relevant is that both sides were then and are now willing to<\/p>\n<p>abide by the terms of the decree. According to the petitioners,<\/p>\n<p>they had the requisite cash of Rupees four lakhs ready with them<\/p>\n<p>from 17-5-2008. They deposited that amount before the court<\/p>\n<p>below only on 26-9-2008 by a Demand Draft dated 26-9-2008.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">WPC.13445\/2009                  -3-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The court below has allowed the execution petition subject to<\/p>\n<p>conditions.    The respondent was directed to execute the<\/p>\n<p>document.      In addition to the amount of Rupees four lakhs<\/p>\n<p>deposited on 26-9-2008, the petitioners were directed to pay<\/p>\n<p>interest at the rate of    12% per annum from 20-5-2008 to<\/p>\n<p>26-9-2008.\n<\/p>\n<p>     2. The petitioners claim to be aggrieved by the order. What<\/p>\n<p>is the grievance? The short grievance urged is that the direction<\/p>\n<p>to pay interest at the rate of 12% per annum from 20-5-2008 to<\/p>\n<p>26-9-2008 is unjust and unfair. The petitioners were willing even<\/p>\n<p>from 17-5-2008 to comply with the decree. They had expressed<\/p>\n<p>their willingness in unambiguous terms by the admitted handing<\/p>\n<p>over of the draft deed of assignment . For the delay thereafter,<\/p>\n<p>the petitioners are not responsible at all.<\/p>\n<p>     3. The learned counsel for the respondent, on the contrary,<\/p>\n<p>contends that the petitioners were only delaying the payment<\/p>\n<p>unnecessarily.   When the draft document was produced, they<\/p>\n<p>knew fully well that the same was not in terms of the<\/p>\n<p>compromise decree. The assignment was to be taken in the<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">WPC.13445\/2009                   -4-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>name of the second petitioner-daughter and not the 1st<\/p>\n<p>petitioner-wife. This was only a ploy to delay and protract the<\/p>\n<p>proceedings. By doing so, the petitioners have enjoyed retention<\/p>\n<p>of the huge amount of Rupees four lakhs           with them from<\/p>\n<p>20-5-2008 to 26-9-2008. Thereby the respondent has been<\/p>\n<p>deprived of the advantage of having the money from 20-5-2008.<\/p>\n<p>In these circumstances, in any view of the matter, this is not a fit<\/p>\n<p>case where the extraordinary constitutional jurisdiction under<\/p>\n<p>Article 226 of the Constitution of India can or ought to be invoked<\/p>\n<p>to interfere with the impugned order. The impugned order may<\/p>\n<p>be upheld.     The petitioners may be directed to deposit the<\/p>\n<p>amount within a stipulated time and produce the original<\/p>\n<p>document to be executed on stamp paper within a stipulated<\/p>\n<p>period.    The respondent may be permitted to execute the<\/p>\n<p>document and immediately get release of the amount of Rupees<\/p>\n<p>four lakhs which is now lying in idle deposit before the court<\/p>\n<p>below.\n<\/p>\n<p>      4. We have considered all relevant aspects. We find merit<\/p>\n<p>only in one contention. Both parties appear to be responsible for<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">WPC.13445\/2009                   -5-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the delay. The petitioners have enjoyed the benefit by retaining<\/p>\n<p>the amount from 20-5-2008 to 26.9.2008. The respondent has<\/p>\n<p>been denied the benefit or advantage of the release of the cash<\/p>\n<p>to him during this period. It is only in the interests of justice to<\/p>\n<p>direct the petitioners, in these circumstances, to pay the interest.<\/p>\n<p>But we find merit in the contention that award of interest at the<\/p>\n<p>rate of 12% per annum was not necessary.           It is not penal<\/p>\n<p>interest but only just interest which deserves to be directed to be<\/p>\n<p>paid. To that extent alone this writ petition can succeed. It is<\/p>\n<p>further pointed out that deposit was made not on 24.10.2008 as<\/p>\n<p>held by the Court below, but on 26.9.2008. That error can also<\/p>\n<p>be corrected.     The learned counsel for the respondent accepts<\/p>\n<p>that this amount was paid by demand draft on 26.9.2008.<\/p>\n<p>     5. In the result this writ petition is allowed in part. The<\/p>\n<p>following directions are issued in modification of the impugned<\/p>\n<p>order.\n<\/p>\n<p>      1) The petitioners shall within a period of three weeks<\/p>\n<p>          from this date deposit before the court below<\/p>\n<p>          interest at the rate of 8% per annum on the<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">WPC.13445\/2009                   -6-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          amount of Rupees four lakhs from 20-5-2008 to<\/p>\n<p>          26-9-2008, i.e. Rs11,310\/- (rounded of).\n<\/p>\n<p>     2)   The petitioners shall produce before the Family<\/p>\n<p>          Court the deed of assignment in the name of the<\/p>\n<p>          2nd petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>     3) On production of the deed, the respondent shall<\/p>\n<p>          forthwith execute the same in accordance with the<\/p>\n<p>          further direction that may be issued by the Family<\/p>\n<p>          Court and the same shall be registered also.<\/p>\n<p>     4) On execution and registration of the document, the<\/p>\n<p>          Family Court shall direct release of the entire<\/p>\n<p>          amount of Rupees four lakhs and the further<\/p>\n<p>          interest deposited to the respondent.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>                                      R. BASANT, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                                Sd\/-<\/p>\n<pre>\n                                    M.C. HARI RANI,JUDGE\n\nks.                         TRUE COPY\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Elsy vs Ponnan on 3 July, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 13445 of 2009(R) 1. ELSY, D\/O.BABY, AGED 47 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner 2. PRINCY, AGED 17, D\/O.PONNAN, -DO- Vs 1. PONNAN, S\/O.LATE VELAYUDHAN, &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.SUNIL NAIR PALAKKAT For Respondent :SRI.R.DIVAKARAN The Hon&#8217;ble MR. 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