{"id":217168,"date":"2008-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-kavitha-gopal-wo-r-gopal-vs-vijaya-bank-on-31-july-2008"},"modified":"2018-07-17T18:43:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T13:13:24","slug":"smt-kavitha-gopal-wo-r-gopal-vs-vijaya-bank-on-31-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-kavitha-gopal-wo-r-gopal-vs-vijaya-bank-on-31-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"Smt Kavitha Gopal W\/O R Gopal vs Vijaya Bank on 31 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Smt Kavitha Gopal W\/O R Gopal vs Vijaya Bank on 31 July, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: B.S.Patil<\/div>\n
.. 1 ..\nIN THE H!GH COURT OF KARKATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nQATED TI-{\u00a38 THE 3151' DAY OF JULY 2008\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HON'BLE MKJUSTICE 3.3. PA111.  \u00b0\n\nM.I\u00a2'.A. No. 922 l 2003 ICPCI\nBETWEEN:\n\nSmt. Kavitha Gopal,\n\nW\/o Sri. R.Gopa1,\n\nAged about 38 years,\n\nR\/0 Hosamane Extcn,\n\nOpp. FWD Quarters, '~ V j '   _ \nChiliznagalur City.    --  \"  1 \u00abV  APPELLANT\n\n(By S1'i.Mahes1;  $1. .\u00e9..r1}}. \ufb01g   \nSri.Ashok _    L  \n\nAND:\n\n1.  --    \nRepresented b3'r--its.  ..  V\nMa;1a,ger,G\". R_o';ad,=._ '\n\n  \ufb01;' ~ $imt.  13.,\n\n.  W} 9.\"   Shctty,\n'  B.'$:.'j_'I7:\u00a71i1ors 85\nRcadymade Gaxmcnts.\n, Resident of R.G.Road,\n AA  City\n\n  \" sri.' Balakrishna Shctty. N,\n\n S\/0 Sri. Mahalinga Shctty,\n\n Major,\n13.3. Tailors Gr. Readymade Garments,\nResident of R. G.Road,\n\nChjkmagalm\" City\n\n \n\n\n\nthe suit. Hence, she was also piaced exparte. The Trial Court\ndeemed the suit. The reason assigned for decxveeing the suit as\ncan be seen from paragraph 6 of the  in\n0.S.No.1-48\/1998313 asunder: 1'   \n\n\"6. The defendants are placed \nabsence to appear and contestmtlie .,su_it.~:'  \nthe parties to suit are not'.s.t1'.A_A_is'sue\"*on\nquestion of law or \ufb01scts  clsi1n.;_'vThe \nManager of the plaintiff  Whoiihss\" Vsiirorn to\n\nan a\ufb01idavit mitezstegi thei'i3is.iVn:.t eiverments'  his\n\nevidence. F.ccoIding\"'to.:\"t!ie   and\nthe contention of    defendant no. 1\nis due?  'of 13-'? for which the\ndefendsnts' ::snd~\u00bb.2  guarantom and now the\n\ufb01ijst 'has\u00ab...t3ee,n--p\u00a71t in possession of the\nIesdjgmede' 'xii? the first defendant. In\nthe  ofA'~ce'n.test there is no reason to\n\n..    of the plainti\ufb02\". Hence I\n\ni  \" .   pass the following order.\"\n\n5.\" . f .co..sg....s.ay the Trial Court passed. an order decreeing\n\nIthe Jforhvxa snni of Rs.91,931\/---- with costs and cuuent\n\n \"..:intei*est  the rate of 14% p.a. from the date of suit till its\n\n' reslisn\ufb01on against defendant nos. 1 to 4 'jointly and severally'.\n\nit 6. in the Miscellaneous Application \ufb01led, it was contended\n\nby the appellant herein that she was unable to \ufb01le the written\n\ne\n\n \n\n\n\n....5......\n\nstatement as she was not feeling well and as she was not\n\ninformed by her Counsel about the date of hearing. Siiiejhas\n\ncontended that she took treatment at various  that\n\nMangalore. She has further stated that it was    \n\nreceived notice in the execution proeeedings'..ehe  'about\n\nthe decree passed on 03.03.2001  \n\nimmediate steps to \ufb01le the V ixaisce' ._nan.\"ee.us t...Appiigg;'\ufb01o\ufb01 forth'\n\nsetting aside the ex~parte;--decreetpae$e<'1\u00a7"-\u00bb She  herself\nas FEW. I and pmdueed Ens;  of her plea.\n\n7. The     Miscellaneous\nApplication on  appellant herein. did not\nexan1ine\u00a5__ the  her in support of her\n\nassertion. 00  V   has also held that since the\n\n_ appellant herein" diiiivhnot \ufb01le written statement, she was not\n\n    \ufb01:IZi{'.!. I'(i'3]ief sought for setting aeide the ex-parte\n\n   hnsfe Vheani the learned Counsel for the parties and\n\n   the materials on record.\n\n0    The court below has not considered the documents\n\n  ~ eproduced 'before it. The appellant has pleaded that she was\n\nsu\ufb02erirag from i\ufb02ness and was unable to attend the court and\n\n4%\n\n \n\n\n\nAs the 4"' defendant did not \ufb01ie the Written statement, the\ncourt has proceeded to decree the suit against the 4"'\n\ndefendant as Wei}. Looking \u00a310111 this angle also, in \n\nthis is a fit case where an opportunity needs to be   %\n\n4&1 defendant to have her say in the matter.\n\n10. The medical records   \n\nwas ailing and hence she did  steps 'to;  wtitten" V\n\nstatement. The hardship. and pere3't1dice~.._to   plain\ufb01\ufb01\nwill be put to in {lacing the  } can be mitigated\nby saddligag the _'appel1at1t"   ieompensate the\n\n   \n11. Asiieglaxde  to 4 herein who have su\ufb02ered\n\nthe ex-parte   suit, it is to be made clear that\n\n    the ex-parte decree passed need\n\n.i'--1:1OtVdbeVset4 :aside"as against those defendants. Hence the ex-\n\n  against respondents 2 to 4 herein remains<\/pre>\n
  the ex-parte judgment and decree is set aside<\/p>\n
   as zigainst the 4% detendantrappellaxit herein. The<\/p>\n
 has to hear the costs and compensate the p}aiI1ti\ufb02~1′”‘<\/p>\n
“”.\ufb02r.esponde11t herein for the hardship that it has to face in<\/p>\n
pmsecuting the case agaie. In my view, a sum of Rs.6,000\/—<\/p>\n
326\/<\/p>\n
\ufb01e)<\/p>\n
Qneeds to be awarded as costs against the appellant, payable to<\/p>\n
the plaintiff] 1″ respondent henein in the matter.<\/p>\n
12. In the result, I pass the fo1low1’ng:\u00ab~<\/p>\n
O@ER
\n(1′) The appeal is allowed in part<\/p>\n
(if)<\/p>\n
allowed.\n<\/p>\n
(iii)<\/p>\n
Chikrnagalur iri  43\/ against the
\n4″‘ defe}’30Zant\u00a2dppe’If0ni..fmre:’it  Kavitha Gopal<\/p>\n
is set  ”     V 121 and
\ndecree passed  2 to 4 herein
\n(defendants 1* ‘go 3)VV’rein:0:in,s”_.’sVunc1\ufb01”ected by {his<\/p>\n
  shaft provide fresh opportunfty to<\/p>\n
befh. :tVh.\u20ac  pmceed further in the suit in<\/p>\n
‘ V V  , v .  t0:’iP\u00a3 <\/p>\n
\u00ab(z’2}’ ‘Beth \ufb01a\ufb01fes are directed 10 appear before the<\/p>\n
 .t_n’eii 000.\u00bb; on 13. 08.2008.<\/p>\n
   herein shall pay costs in a sum of<\/p>\n
Rs.@O00\/- to the plaintz\ufb02i-15’ respondent herein.<\/p>\n
 The payment of costs shall be condition precedent<\/p>\n
4%<\/p>\n
The misceilaneous petitiofp\ufb01led by ‘me a;;pe:zan;<\/p>\n
The ex-parts   \u00ab.  dated\n<\/p>\n
03. 03. 2001 pf\u00a2s~.sed\u00ab”wbg”V’ 2:0;-.,vt:~:”;;a’I  {Sr.DrL),<\/p>\n
for the partia’pation of the 4″‘ defendant-appellant
\nherein in the suit before the trial Court. <\/p>\n
?KSfKK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Smt Kavitha Gopal W\/O R Gopal vs Vijaya Bank on 31 July, 2008 Author: B.S.Patil .. 1 .. IN THE H!GH COURT OF KARKATAKA AT BANGALORE QATED TI-{\u00a38 THE 3151′ DAY OF JULY 2008 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MKJUSTICE 3.3. PA111. \u00b0 M.I\u00a2’.A. No. 922 l 2003 ICPCI BETWEEN: Smt. 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