Calcutta High Court (Appellete Side)
Latika Sinha vs Anju Poddar on 4 October, 2010
Author: Prasenjit Mandal
Bench: Prasenjit Mandal
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Form No.J(2) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
APPELLATE SIDE
C.O. No. 2929 of 2010
Present :
The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prasenjit Mandal
Latika Sinha.
Versus
Anju Poddar.
For the petitioner: Mr. Ashok Bhattacharya,
Mr. Swapan Kumar Pal.
For the opposite party: Mr. Souradipta Banerjee.
Heard On:01.10.2010.
Judgement On: October 4, 2010.
Prasenjit Mandal, J.: This application is at the instance of the
judgment debtor and is directed against the order no.60 dated
August 7, 2010 passed by the learned Judge, Fifth Bench, Small
Causes Court, Calcutta in Misc. Case No.109 of 2009 arising out of
an Ejectment Case No.204 of 2007.
The short fact, necessary for the purpose of disposal of this
application, is that the decreeholder/opposite party instituted a
Title Suit No.163 of 2001 before the learned Judge, Third Bench,
Small Causes Court, Calcutta. That suit was decreed in favour of
the plaintiff. The judgment debtor/petitioner herein/O.P. No.2
preferred an appeal being Title Appeal No.125 of 2007 before the
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learned Judge, City Civil Court, Calcutta and that appeal was
dismissed. Thereafter, the decreeholder filed the Title Execution
Case No.204 of 2007 for execution of the decree for recovery of
possession. In that execution application, he also filed an
application under Order 21 Rule 97 of the C.P.C. being numbered
Misc. Case No.109 of 2009 praying for police help. This misc.
case is now pending for further cross-examination of the Court
bailiff. The judgment debtor filed an application under Section
47 of the C.P.C. being numbered as Misc. Case No.22 of 2010. That
misc. case was fixed for hearing before the learned Chief Judge,
Small Causes Court, Calcutta.
The fact remained that the learned Chief Judge, Small Causes
Court, Calcutta heard the appeal being the Title Appeal No.125 of
2007. Under the circumstances, the learned Chief Judge
transferred the misc. case No.22 of 2010 before the learned Judge,
Fifth Bench, Small Causes Court, Calcutta for disposal.
That misc. case no.22 of 2010 was disposed of by the learned
Judge, Fifth Bench, Small Causes Court, Calcutta. Thereafter, he
was proceeding with the title execution case as well as the other
misc. case no.109 of 2009 under Order 21 Rule 97 of the C.P.C. At
that stage, the judgment debtor has come up with this application.
While the learned Advocate for the petitioner was making
submission pointing out the entire matter of the case, Mr.
Banerjee appearing on behalf of the opposite party has fairly
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submitted that the he has no objection if the execution case and
the other misc. case being Misc. Case No.109 of 2009 is taken up
by the learned present Chief Judge, Small Causes Court, Calcutta.
He further submits that specific direction should be given upon
the learned Chief Judge, Small Causes Court, Calcutta for disposal
of the said misc. case within a certain period and thereafter to
proceed with the execution case in accordance with law.
Mr. Bhattacharya, learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the
petitioner, submits that at present there is a regular learned
Chief Judge of the Small Causes Court, Calcutta and so if
necessary directions are given for disposal of the misc. case, he
has no objection.
This being the position, I am of the view that the present
application should be disposed of giving necessary directions upon
the learned Chief Judge, Small Causes Court, Calcutta for early
disposal of the misc. case no.109 of 2009. Accordingly, this
application is disposed of with the following observations:
1.That the learned Judge, Fifth Bench, Small Causes Court, Calcutta shall not proceed with the misc. case no.109 of 2009 arising out of the execution case no.204 of 2007. The learned Judge, Fifth Bench, Small Causes Court, Calcutta shall immediately transfer the said misc. case along with the execution case to the learned Chief Judge forthwith.
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2. That the learned Chief Judge, Small Causes Court, Calcutta shall dispose of the misc. case no.109 of 2009 positively before the end of the year, 2010.
3. That thereafter he shall proceed with the execution case and dispose of the same in accordance with law as early as possible.
4. That if the regular learned Chief Judge is not available, the learned Chief Judge-in-charge shall take up the matter as per above observation, and
5. That there shall be no order as to costs. Urgent xerox certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the learned Advocates for the parties on their usual undertaking.
(Prasenjit Mandal, J.)