{"id":243082,"date":"2010-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/abhel-vs-food-on-12-may-2010"},"modified":"2018-06-14T21:39:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:09:36","slug":"abhel-vs-food-on-12-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/abhel-vs-food-on-12-may-2010","title":{"rendered":"Abhel vs Food on 12 May, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n
Abhel vs Food on 12 May, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: K.M.Thaker,&Nbsp;<\/div>\n
   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nFA\/175\/2010\t 6\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nFIRST\nAPPEAL No. 175 of 2010\n \n\nWith\n \n\nCIVIL\nAPPLICATION No. 1026 of 2010\n \n\nIn\n \n\nFIRST APPEAL No. 175 of\n2010 \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nABHEL\nMERUBHAI KATHI - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nFOOD\nCORPORATION OF INDIA (A GOVT. OF INDIA UNDERTAKING) - Defendant(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nVIJAY N RAVAL for\nAppellant(s) : 1, \nMR JAL SOLI UNWALA for Defendant(s) :\n1, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE K.M.THAKER\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\nDate\n: 12\/05\/2010  \nORAL ORDER<\/pre>\n
\tThe
\napplicant of captioned Civil Application (for stay) No.1026 of 2010,
\nwho is the appellant in First Appeal No.175 of 2010, has preferred
\nthis application seeking an order staying the operation and execution
\nof the judgment and decree dated 22nd
\nSeptember, 2009 passed by the 2nd
\nAdditional Senior Civil Judge, Surendranagar in Special Civil Suit
\nNo.6 of 2000 whereby the learned trial court has directed present
\nappellant (original defendant) to pay a sum of Rs.7,40,336.97 to
\npresent opponent (original plaintiff) with interest at the rate of
\n6%. The above mentioned First Appeal arises from the said judgment
\nand decree.\n<\/p>\n
\tSo
\nas to consider the prayer made in the application, it is necessary
\nand appropriate to take into account certain factual aspects, which
\ngave rise to the suit proceedings and thereby to present Appeal and
\nthis Civil Application.\n<\/p>\n
\tThe
\nopponent herein-Food Corporation of India [hereinafter referred to as
\n FCI ], had after following procedure of inviting and evaluation
\nof tenders, awarded a contract viz.  handling and transport
\ncontract  to present applicant.\n<\/p>\n
\tAs
\nper the case of present opponent-FCI i.e. the original plaintiff, the
\nappellant (contractor, and original opponent) abandoned the contract
\nwithout completing the execution of the contract work and thereby
\ncommitted breach of the contract awarded to it.\n<\/p>\n
\tHence,
\non the ground that the present appellant had committed breach of the
\nterms of the contract, the opponent herein terminated the contract by
\nits communication dated
\n18th
\nMarch, 1997.\n<\/p>\n
\tAfter
\nterminating the contract, the opponent-FCI claimed damages from the
\nappellant contractor which, as per its claim, it had suffered on
\naccount of the acts of omission viz. abandoning the contract, by the
\nappellant contractor.\n<\/p>\n
\tSince
\nthe applicant herein-failed to respond to the demand notice, the
\nopponent-FCI filed the aforesaid Special Civil Suit No.6 of 2000.\n<\/p>\n
\tThe
\nopponent-FCI quantified its damages at Rs.11,18,598.92\/- but claimed
\ndecree for a sum of Rs.7,40,336.97 after giving credit of
\nRs.3,78,261.95, which was available in its hands in form of security
\ndeposit.\n<\/p>\n
\tAfter
\nhearing the opponent and upon considering the material available on
\nrecord, the learned trial Court passed the judgment and decree dated
\n22.9.2009  whereby the court partly allowed the suit in favour of the
\nplaintiff FCI-present opponent and directed the opponent i.e. present
\nappellant to pay Rs.7,40,336.97 ps with interest at the rate of 6%
\nfrom the date of the presentation of the suit.\n<\/p>\n
\tThe
\nappellant is aggrieved by the judgment and decree. Hence, the appeal.\n<\/p>\n
\tMr.\n<\/p>\n
Pandya, learned advocate, has appeared for Mr. V.N. Raval, learned
\nadvocate for the appellant and Mr. Jal Soli Unwala, learned advocate
\nhas appeared for the respondent   FCI.\n<\/p>\n
\tMr.\n<\/p>\n
Pandya, learned advocate for the appellant has raised diverse
\ncontentions against the impugned judgment and decree. He has, inter
\nalia, submitted that though the opponent had claimed set off and
\nspecifically pleaded set off in the written statement itself, the
\nlearned trial court has not recorded any finding with regard to the
\nappellant’s plea of set off. He has also assailed the findings and
\nconclusions of the learned trial court holding the appellant in
\ndefault in making the due and payable payment and in directing the
\nappellant to pay the sum of Rs.7,40,336.97 ps. While Mr. Pandya,
\nlearned advocate urged other contentions e.g. that the learned trial
\ncourt has taken into consideration such documents which were not duly
\nproved by the plaintiff and\/or that the learned trial court has based
\nthe conclusions on material, which cannot be construed as evidence in
\nthe eye of law and that the learned trial Court has failed to take
\ninto account the grounds urged by the appellant-opponent in its
\ndefence, he has, mainly and essentially assailed the judgment on the
\nground that though plea of set off was raised, it has been completely
\ndisregarded.\n<\/p>\n
\tMr.\n<\/p>\n
Unwala, learned advocate for the opponent has resisted the suit
\nraising various objections e.g. it is not open to the appellant to
\nraise contentions with regard to set off and the same has rightly not
\nbeen considered by the learned trial court inasmuch as the appellant
\ni.e. original opponent had not paid court fees qua the plea of set
\noff and that therefore, the learned trial court was not obliged to
\nconsider the said plea. He has further submitted that for the
\naforesaid reasons as well as for the reason that the plea was not
\npressed in service even any issue with regard to the plea of set off
\nwas not raised until the final decree came to be passed. This aspect
\nof the matter gets substantiated by the fact that even in such
\nsituation the opponent i.e. present appellant had never raised any
\nobjection on the ground that any issue was not framed, and that
\ntherefore, at this stage, now it is not permissible to the appellant
\nto assail the judgment on the said ground. As regards, the contention
\nwith reference to documents and its proof is concerned, the learned
\nadvocate Mr. Unwala has referred to the evidence of the witness,
\nwherein, reference pertaining to the documents in question has been
\nspecifically made. He has also referred to the oral evidence
\nincluding cross examination in support of his submission that the
\ndocuments were duly placed on record and were referred to in the oral
\nevidence and not only the documents but the contents including the
\nsignature\/s and other related aspects have been duly proved before
\nthe learned trial court and any error in relying on the said
\ndocuments has not been committed by the court.\n<\/p>\n
\tHaving
\nregard to the rival contentions, the appeal requires to be
\nconsidered. Earlier by order dated 19th March, 2010, the
\nRecords & Proceedings was called for. Considering the aforesaid
\naspects, ADMIT.\n<\/p>\n
\tIn
\nview of the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the
\nrequest of the appellant, the appeal will be listed for final hearing
\nin the week beginning from 30th August, 2010.\n<\/p>\n
 ORDER
\nIN CIVIL APPLICATION.\n<\/p>\n
\tIn
\nview of the aspects pertaining to the appeal mentioned in the order
\npassed in the appeal today, so far as the prayer for interim relief
\nis concerned, it deserves to be noted that the appellant herein has
\npreferred the appeal against the judgment and decree dated 22nd
\nSeptember, 2009 which requires the appellant to pay a sum of
\nRs.7,40,336.97 ps. along with interest at the rate of 6% from the
\ndate of the presentation of the suit. Differently put, the impugned
\njudgment and decree is a money decree. Hence, any unconditional
\ninterim relief cannot be granted. It would not be out of place to
\ntake into account the fact that the suit was made on the ground that
\nthe opponent i.e. present appellant had abandoned the contract
\nwithout executing the contract work which resulted into damages. The
\nappellant appears to have given some explanation with regard to his
\nconduct, however, there is no denial of the fact that the contract
\nwork was abandoned. While considering the prayer for interim relief,
\nthe said factual aspect and the appellant’s conduct, interwoven in
\nthe impugned judgment, cannot be overlooked, besides the fact that in
\nview of the provisions contained under Order 41 Rule 1(3) and 5 as
\nwell as 5(5) and also in view of the well settled legal position, a
\nmoney decree ought not be stayed without requiring the judgment
\ndebtor to deposit the amount. Hence, by way of interim relief, only
\nthe execution of the judgment and decree impugned in the accompanying
\nappeal is stayed on condition that the appellant shall deposit the
\nentire awarded amount along with interest, before the learned trial
\ncourt on or before 18th June, 2010.\n<\/p>\n
\tThe
\ncivil application is partly allowed and is accordingly disposed of.\n<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[K.M.Thaker,
\nJ.] <\/p>\n
kdc<\/p>\n
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