Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 4928 Kant
Judgement Date : 11 March, 2025
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RFA NO.1741 OF 2017
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR
REGULAR FIRST APPEAL NO. 1741 OF 2017 (SP)
BETWEEN:
SMT H.B. LEELAVATHI
D/O BOREGOWDA
AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS,
R/O SRI. YASHAS NILAYA,
1ST CROSS, SARASWATHIPURAM,
TUMAKURU - 572 105.
...APPELLANT
(BY SMT. NALINA K., ADVOCATE FOR
SRI. S.K. VENKATA REDDY, ADVOCATE)
AND:
1. D. R. RAMACHANDRAIAH
S/O LATE RAMASWAMAIAH,
AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS.
2. D.R. VASUDEVAMURTHY
S/O D.R. RAMACHANDRAIAH
AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS.
Digitally signed by
ARUNKUMAR M S RESPONDENTS 1 AND 2 ARE
Location: HIGH
COURT OF R/AT DEVARAYAPATTANA,
KARNATAKA
TUMAKURU TOWN - 572104.
3. B.S. DORESWAMY,
S/O B.R. SHIVANANJAPPA
AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS,
R/O NYAYA KUTEERA,
GANAPATHI TEMPLE ROAD,
SHANTHINAGAR,
TUMAKURU-572101.
...RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI. V. MAHESHA, ADVOCATE FOR R1 & R2;
SRI. M.B. RYAKHA, ADVOCATE FOR R3;
SRI. SHIVA PRASAD E., ADVOCATE FOR R4)
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RFA NO.1741 OF 2017
THIS REGULAR FIRST APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 96
READ WITH ORDER XLI RULE 1 OF THE CODE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED
05.09.2017 PASSED IN ORIGINAL SUIT NO.18 OF 2014 ON THE FILE
OF THE II ADDITIONAL SENIOR CIVIL JDUGE AND JMFC.,
TUMAKURU, DISMISSING THE SUIT FOR SPECIFIC
PERFORMANCE.
THIS APPEAL COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY,
JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R. KRISHNA KUMAR
ORAL JUDGMENT
This appeal by the unsuccessful plaintiff in Original Suit No.18 of
2014 on the file of the II Addl. Senior Civil Judge & JMFC., Tumakuru (for
short, hereinafter referred to as 'Trial Court'), challenging the judgment
and decree dated 05.09.2017, whereby, the suit filed by the
appellant/plaintiff against the respondents for specific performance and
other reliefs in relation to the suit schedule immovable property was
dismissed by the Trial Court.
2. The appellant and respondents have jointly filed the
compromise petition, which reads as under:
"MEMORANDUM OF COMPROMISE PETITION UNDER ORDER 23 RULE 3 OF CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
The parties to this Regular First Appeal jointly submit as under:
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1. This Appeal is filed by Plaintiff/Appellant, challenging this Judgment and Decree dated: 05.09.2017 passed in OS No.18/2014, by the II Additional Senior Civil Judge & JMFC., Tumakuru, wherein the suit for the Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell dated: 09.07.2012/EX-
P-3, was dismissed.
2. This Appeal was filed on 09.12.2017. That on 06/12/2017 itself, the Respondent Nos.1 & 2 herein sold portion/s out of the subject matter of Agreement to Sell dated:
09.07.2012, separately to Respondent No.3 herein (i.e., B.S. Doreswamy S/o B.R. Shivananjappa) and Respondent No.4 herein (i.e., M. Thirtharaju, S/o late S. Mallappa), vide two separate Registered Sale Deeds dated:06.12.2017 respectively and one of them having been executed in favour of Respondent No.3 herein is registered as Document No. TMK-1-14306-2017-18, Book No.1, Stored in C.D.No.TMKD802, on 06/12/2017, in the office of Senior Sub-registrar, Tumakuru, another one having been executed dated 06.12.2017 in favour of Respondent No.4 herein is registered as Document No. TMK-1-14305-2017-18, Book No.1, Stored in C.D.No.TMKD802, on 06/12/2017, in the office of Senior Sub-registrar, Tumakuru, respectively.
3. The Appellant and Respondents 3 & 4 have settled the matter outside the Court and consequently as per agreed terms, on this day of singing of this compromise, the Respondents No.3 has paid Rs.3,00,000/-; andlikewise, Respondent no.4 has paid Rs. 5,00,000/-, i.e., total amount of Rs.8,00,000/- (Rupees Eight Lakhs Only) to the appellant herein as follows:
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i) Rs.5,00,000/- [Rupees Five Lakhs only] paid by way of Demand Draft, No.005991, dated: 21.01.2025, drawn on Canara Bank, Ashok Nagar Branch, Tumakuru in favour of Appellant/H.B.Leelavathi, by M. Thirtharaju/4th Respondent herein, and duly delivered original DD to appellant herein;
and
ii) Rs.3,00,000/- [Rupees Three Lakhs only] paid by way of Demand Draft, No.003631, dated: 23.01.2025, drawn on Axis Bank, Sira Gate Branch, Tumakuru in favour of Appellant/H.B.Leelavathi, by B.S.Doreswamy/3rd Respondent herein and duly delivered original DD to appellant herein.
The Appellant do herewith acknowledged the receipt of aforementioned amounts/paid by the respondents No. 3 & 4 respectively, towards full and final settlement of appellant's entire suit/appeal dispute/claim/rights/interest, if any, as against respondents and suit subject property, in all respects.
4. That the Appellant herein admits/agrees that with the singing of this compromise petition, the agreement to sell dated:09-07-2012, pertaining to suit schedule property does herewith has legally stood cancelled, annulled, revoked, extinguished and ceased to exist in all respects.
5. Accordingly, in view of the above settlement between the Appellant and Respondents 3 & 4, the appellant has unconditionally given up/waived off/released/relinquished all such appellant's claim/interest/rights, if any legally subsisting, in any manner, under the agreement to Sell, dated: 09.07.2012, including right to sue or appeal against
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the respondents pertaining to suit schedule property or any of its portion/s respectively.
6. The Appellant herein has agreed to above compromise terms without thereby being any coercion and undue influence and the same is entered into with free will and volition.
7. Consequent to the above terms of compromise, the Appellant/Plaintiff hereby withdraws this appeal, as fully and finally settled between parties, in terms of this compromise and requests this Hon'ble Court be pleased to refund the Court, paid on the Appeal Memo.
WHEREFORE, it is prayed that this Hon'ble Court be pleased to record the compromise and dismiss the above Regular First Appeal as settled in terms of this compromise petition and be pleased to direct the office to draw the decree accordingly, in the interest of justice and equity."
3. The respondent No.3 herein had handed over the
Demand Draft bearing No.003631 dated 23.01.2025 for a sum of
Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs only) drawn on Axis Bank,
Sira Gate Branch, Tumakuru in favour of the appellant-Smt. H.B.
Leelavathi and the respondent No.4 herein had handed over the
Demand Draft bearing No.005991 dated 21.01.2025 for a sum of
Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakhs only) drawn on Canara Bank,
Ashok Nagar Branch, Tumakuru in favour of the appellant-Smt.
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H.B. Leelavathi. Therefore, the impugned judgment and decree
dated 05.09.2017 passed in Original Suit No.18 of 2014 by the Trial
Court deserves to be set-aside and appeal be disposed of in terms
of the compromise petition.
4. In the result, I pass the following:
ORDER
1) The Appeal is hereby disposed of in terms of the compromise petition;
2) The impugned judgment and decree dated
05.09.2017 passed in Original Suit No.18/2014 on the file of the II Addl. Senior Civil Judge and JMFC., Tumakuru is hereby modified in terms of the compromise petition;
3) It is made clear that, in view of the settlement arrived at between the parties and pursuant to which, the appellant has received the entire sum of Rs.8,00,000/- (Rupees Eight Lakhs only) from respondents 3 and 4 towards full and final settlement of the claim over the suit schedule property, the appellant/plaintiff henceforth has no right/title/interest over the suit schedule property or any of its portion;
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4) Registry of this Court is directed to refund the entire court fee paid on the memorandum of appeal back to the appellant/plaintiff forthwith without further delay;
5) It is also directed that the Trial Court shall refund the entire court fee paid on the memorandum of plaint back to the plaintiff forthwith without further delay.
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(S.R. KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE
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