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Bangalore District Court

Sri Kodanda vs Smt. Manjula Venkatesh on 23 March, 2022

     KABC010272602018




   Form
   No.9
  (Civil)
   Title
  Sheet
    for
Judgmen
    t in    PRESENT: SMT. PRASHANTHI G,
                                       B.A.(Law) LL.B.,
                     XXVII Additional City Civil Judge.

            Dated this the 23 rd day of March 2022.



     PLAINTIFF:               SRI KODANDA,
                              S/o Late Narasimhappa,
                              Aged about 77 years,
                              Residing at No.68, AECS Layout,
                              3rd Stage, Nagashettihalli,
                              BENGALURU-560 094.


                [By Sri T.R. RAMAKRISHNA, Advocate]
                             /v e r s u s/
     DEFENDANTS: 1.            Smt. Manjula Venkatesh,
                               W/o Late N.Venkatesh,
                               Aged about 53 years.

                        2.     Sri Vikram C.V.
                               S/o Late N.Venkatesh,
                               Aged about 33 years.

                        3.     Sri Vivek C.V.
                               S/o Late N. Venkatesh,
                               Aged about 33 years.

                               All are R/at No.8,
                               Muneshwara Krupa,
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                               Amarjyothi Layout,
                               Sanjaynagar,
                               BENGALURU-560 094.

                             [By Sri S. Rajeshekar, Advocate ]

Date of institution of the      :                 29/09/2018
suit
Nature of the suit              :            For recovery of money
Date of commencement of         :                 3/12/2019
recording of the evidence
Date    on    which    the      :                 23/3/2022
Judgment               was
pronounced.
                                : Year/s Month/s                  Day/s
Total duration
                                    2       5                           25


                                              (Prashanthi. G)
                                             XXVII ACCJ: B'LORE.




        The plaintiff has filed this suit against the

   defendants    for   the     relief   of    recovery       of    money

   directing     the    defendants           to   pay    a        sum     of

   Rs.10,25,000/- [Rupees Ten lakhs & Twenty fie

   thousand] to the plaintiff being the balance payment

   as per MOU dated 6/2/2018 with interest @ 18% per

   annum on the said amount of Rs.10,25,000/- from

   the date they become due till the date of realisation;
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    and directing the defendants to pay the cost of the

    suit.

            2.   The brief facts of the plaintiff's case are as

    follows:

            The plaintiff is the senior citizen aged 77 years

    and suffering from several health problem. He is a

    handicapped and retired also. The defendants are the

    investors to the flats are having the habit of financing

    the     developers   at   the   time   of   starting   of   the

    construction work. The defendants purchased the

    properties from the builders at the low rates and the

    same will be sold the huge rates wherein they get

    huge profits.

            Plaintiff is the absolute owner of the property

    bearing site no.68 in the layout formed by the Aircraft

    Employees Co-operative Society Ltd., The same came

    to the possession of the plaintiff by virtue of the sale

    deed. The katha certificates, katha extracts and tax

    paid receipts clearly shows that the plaintiff is the

    owner of the suit schedule property.
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     Plaintiff approached one developer by name

Satish      Naidu    who     is    the     proprietor      of

S.V.Constructions and developers. In order to develop

the property by constructing the residential units

comprising of ground floor and upper floors consisting

of residential units, stilt floor consisting of car parking

slots. The developer agreed the same and develop the

property    by   constructing     the    residential    units

comprising of the ground floor and upper floors

consisting of residential unit, stilt floor consisting of

car parking area also. Developer agreed to deliver 50%

of the super built up area to be constructed on the

said property with 50% car parking slots in the stilt

floor including the common areas, set back areas,

terrace, garden space to the plaintiff along with 50%

undivided share of the land rights in the said

property.

     It is agreed between the developer and plaintiff

that, the ground floor flats constructed in the suit 'A'

schedule property belongs to the plaintiff. The first

floor flats constructed suit 'A' schedule property
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    belongs to developer. The second floor west side flat

    constructed in the suit 'A' schedule property belong to

    the plaintiff, and second floor east side constructed in

    the suit 'A' schedule property belongs to the developer.

         A Joint Development Agreement was entered

    between the plaintiff and said builder on 29/8/2013

    specifying the terms and conditions including the rate

    payable by the plaintiff to the builder and period of

    completion work. That agreement was registered also.

    It is agreed between the developer and plaintiff that,

    under the agreement, the developer ought to have

    completed the construction work in all respect fit for

    human     habitation    and     shall   complete     the

    construction within the stipulated period of 15

    months from the date of handing over of the said

    property to the developer from the plaintiff within the

    expiration of the term agreed between the parties.

         In the same way, a general power of attorney was

    also executed by the plaintiff in favour of the said

    developer in order to develop the built up area

    together with the proportionate undivided share of
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right, title and interest in the schedule property falling

to the share of the developer.

     On 1/9/2013, the plaintiff has handed over the

said vacant site to the developer to start the

construction   work.    As    per   the   agreement,     the

developer ought to have completed the work on or

before 30/11/2014 i.e., 15 month time is fixed.

However, as agreed the developer did not complete the

work within the time. On 31/12/2014, the developer

had carried out the construction work only upto 70%.

     On 12/11/2015, a letter was sent by the plaintiff

informing the developer that he has carried out only

70% work and the balance work is yet to be completed

and requested him to complete the balance work as

soon as possible. Even after receiving that notice, the

developer has not made any efforts to complete the

balance work. The plaintiff also requested developer to

complete the balance work and to pay the rents to the

flats coming under his share form 1/12/2014 and to

handover the original approval documents from the

concerned    department      to   his   custody.   But   the
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    developer has not paid the rents nor came forward to

    complete the construction work inspite of the several

    requests.

         The plaintiff has been requesting the developer to

    complete the balance work. However, developer has

    been postponing the same on one or other pretext.

    Since all the efforts of the plaintiff become in vain, the

    plaintiff constrained to issue a legal notice on

    11/1/2016     calling upon the developer to complete

    the balance work and paid the rents to the plots

    comes    under   the   share    of   the   plaintiff   from

    1/12/2014 and to hand over the original documents

    to the plaintiff within the period of 30 days. Even after

    the notice, the developer did not complete the balance

    work nor paid the rents and hand over the original

    documents. There is no fault on the part of the

    plaintiff to complete the construction work. Non-

    completion of the work is highly illegal and therefore a

    suit in O.S.1612/2016 has been filed by the plaintiff

    against the developer seeking injunction not to

    alienate his share without sharing the plot.
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     When the things are like this, the plaintiff came

to know the fact that, the developer has executed an

agreement of sale in favour of the defendant under the

registered Sale Agreement in respect of the plots

belongs to the share of the developer. The developer

has executed agreement of sale in favour of the

defendant under the registered agreement of sale

dated 12/2/2014. The developer has no right to

execute the agreement of sale in favour of the

defendants and same has been informed by the

plaintiff to the defendants. Without sharing the

agreement between the plaintiff and the developer and

without completion of the construction work, without

handing over the possession of the share of the

plaintiff, the agreement of sale executed by the

developer to the defendants are not valid in the eye of

the law.

     Both the defendants and one Tirumalakumar

along with the said developer has started harassing

the plaintiff and his family members. On 13/3/2016,

the defendants along with the Tirumalakumar and
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    said developer harassed the plaintiff to put his

    signature. Without any alternative, the plaintiff has

    put the signature on one letter. On 28/4/2016, the

    plaintiff    lodged    a   complaint   against    both     the

    defendant and one Tirumalakumar and the said

    developer.    Thereafter,    on   11/5/2016,      the    police

    authority has issued instructions to the defendant

    and Tirumalakumar and the said developer that not to

    harass the plaintiff. Both the said developer defendant

    and Tirumalakumar demanded the plaintiff to pay a

    sum of Rs.3,00,000/- to the plaintiff subject to

    complete      the     construction   work.   As    per     the

    instructions of the police, the plaintiff has issued the

    two cheques         drawn on Dena Bank, Nagashettihalli

    branch of Bengaluru and promised to honour the

    same after the completion of the work. However, the

    developer did not complete the work.

          Meanwhile, it came to the knowledge of the

    plaintiff that, without sharing the plots between the

    plaintiffs, the said G.Satish Naidu without completion

    of the work, without handing over the documents,
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executed the sale deed in respect of plot no.S2 in

favour of one Santosh. After enquiry, plaintiff was

surprised to note that, said Satish Naidu played fraud

and created MOU dated 19/4/2017. By forging the

signature of the plaintiff, MOU has been concocted by

Satish Naidu. Even this fact was also within the

knowledge of the defendant that the plaintiff was not

executed MOU. So, in order to deprive the rights of the

plaintiff, and deprive the legal right of the plaintiff

over 50% share in the property in question, G.Satish

Naidu get registered the sale deed on the basis of the

forged MOU.

     The defendants are aware that Satish Naidu

played fraud and forged the signature of the plaintiffs

for wrongful gain and to snatch the property in

question. A complaint was filed before Sanjaynagar

Police who advised the plaintiff to wait, and further

one more complaint has been filed by the plaintiff

against the said developer which was registered as

crime No. 324/2017 punishable under Section 120-B,

406 and 468, 471 and 420 of the IPC.
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           After the said development, the defendants

     approached the plaintiff in the month of July 2017

     and requested to co-operate to get the sale deeds from

     the   developer, and      further   the   defendants   also

     promised to the plaintiff to pay the claim amount

     which the developer has to be paid and agreed to

     complete the construction work and hand over the

     documents and transfer the katha in respect of the

     share of the plaintiff. On humanity consideration, the

     plaintiff has put his signatures on plain documents

     i.e., the MOU, sharing agreement and deed of

     declaration which are brought by the defendants.

           After getting the said documents, the defendants

     get   registered   sale    deeds    dated    14/12/2017,

     14/12/2017 and 1/1/2018 registered in the Sub

     Registrar of Gandhinagar from the developer in

     respect of the residential apartment bearing F1

     situated in the first floor bearing S2 situated in

     second floor, and bearing T1 situated in the third

     floor. Eventhough the defendants are aware that the

     developers have executed the sale deeds in favour of
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the defendants is not valid since the developer has no

right, title and interest over his 50% of the share of

the property and the same was informed by the

plaintiff to the defendant. Without sharing agreement,

without   completing   the   construction   work,   and

without handing over the possession of the share of

the plaintiff, the sale deeds executed by the said

developer are not valid in the eye of law and same is

informed to the defendants. The defendants have

approached and requested the plaintiffs to release his

rights, interest over the suit 'B' schedule property by

receiving the different value amount and claim

amount of sum of Rs.30 lakhs from the defendant as

against the claim amount of Rs.60 lakhs as per the

details furnished at the time of executing MOU and

the same has been agreed by the plaintiff. On

6/2/2018, the plaintiff has executed MOU in favour of

the defendants. It is specifically agreed between the

defendants and the plaintiff that -

     a)   That the ground floor flat named G1, the

second floor flat no. S1 with undivided share 293
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     square feet and third floor flat no.T2 west side east

     facing with undivided share of 270 square feet

     constructed in suit 'A' schedule property is to be

     belongs to the plaintiff;

            b)    The first floor flat no.F1, the second floor

     flat no.S2 with undivided share of 293 square feet and

     3rd floor flat no.T1 east side north facing with

     undivided share of 270 square feet constructed in the

     suit 'A' schedule property belongs to the defendant.

            c)    The defendants are undertaken to complete

     the balance work on behalf of the above said developer

     in the suit 'A' schedule property belongs to the

     plaintiff and they have agreed to pay the difference

     amount and claim amount of Rs.30 lakhs to the

     plaintiff within the period of 5 months.

            d)    The plaintiff has agreed and undertakes to

     file   the   memo    of     withdrawal   of   the   suit   in

     O.S.1612/2016 filed by the plaintiff before the City

     Civil Judge, Bengaluru which is filed against the

     developer.
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     It is submitted that, the original copy of the said

MOU are in the hands of the defendants and xerox

copy is given to the plaintiff.

     As per the MOU dated 6/2/2018, the plaintiff

has withdrawn the above suit in O.S.1612/2016 on

15/2/2018. The defendants have promised that they

will get back the two cheques bearing No.489115 and

489116 drawn on Dena Bank which were issued to

the developer on 11/5/2016 to honour the same after

the completion of the work.

     As per the MOU dated 6/2/2018, the plaintiff

has received a sum of Rs.19,25,000/- only against the

Rs.30    lakhs     and     the    balance    amount      of

Rs.10,75,000/- the defendant has not paid as per the

agreement     entered    between     the    plaintiff   and

defendants. As per the MOU, after the completion of

the work, the plaintiff has been requesting the

defendants to pay the balance amount. However, the

same was postponed by the defendants by one or the

other reasons.
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            Instead of making the balance amount, the

     defendants started harassing the plaintiff mentally.

     Taking advantage of the cheques, the defendants

     colluded each other and instructed the builder to file

     the complaint against the plaintiff under Section 138

     of   the   Negotiable      Instrument   Act.   As     per   the

     instructions of the defendant, the developer filed

     complaint which is pending before XXII ACMM Court.

     With an intention to avoid the payment of balance

     amount of Rs.10,75,000/- and to further the amount

     from    the   plaintiff,   the   defendants    have    started

     threatening and demanding the plaintiff to pay a sum

     of Rs.27,00,000/- stating that plaintiff should be paid

     the loan amount which was borrowed by one Santosh.

     Further, the defendants have threatened the plaintiff

     if the plaintiff will not paid the sum of Rs.27 lakhs to

     the defendants, they will not instruct the builder to

     withdraw the complaint in CC No.1602/2018 and

     further they will not handover the original documents

     to the plaintiff.
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      As per the MOU dated 6/8/2018, the defendants

are   bound      to    make   the    balance      payment   of

Rs.10,75,000/- to the plaintiff and bound to handover

the   original        documents     from    the    concerned

departments to the custody of the plaintiff. Therefore,

plaintiff issued a legal notice on 1/9/2018 calling

upon the defendants to pay the balance amount

which was served to the defendants.

      Instead of making the balance payment, the

defendant has issued the reply notice stating that they

have agreed to pay the total sum of Rs.30 lakhs as per

the MOU and the defendants have paid a sum of

Rs.19,55,000/- and further they claims to refund a

sum of Rs.19,55,000/- with interest. As per the

agreement, the defendants have to agreed to pay a

sum of Rs.3 lakhs to the plaintiff after the withdrawal

of the suit. Further, the defendants agreed to pay a

sum of Rs.9,75,000/- to the plaintiff within six

months.

      After   the       withdrawal     of   the      suit   in

O.S.1612/2016, the defendants have paid only Rs.2
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     lakhs to the plaintiff. As per the memorandum of

     understanding dated 6/2/2018, the defendants are

     bound to make the balance payment. Without any

     alternative, the present suit has been filed.

          The cause of action for the suit arose on

     6/2/2018     when     the    defendants      have      entered

     agreement and failed to pay the balance amount as

     agreed.   The     entire    transaction     is   within      the

     jurisdiction of this Court. Therefore, prays to decree

     the suit in the ends of the justice.

          3.    The    summons      is   duly    served     to    the

     defendants 1 to 3. Defendants 1 to 3 appeared

     through their advocate and filed written statement.

          4.    The main contentions of the defendants 1

     to 3 in the written statement are as under:

          These      defendants    denies      each   and        every

     averments of the plaint and contended that there is no

     cause of action in order to file the suit. However, the

     defendants contended as follows:

          The suit schedule property came to be purchased

     by the plaintiff under the registered sale deed dated
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20/8/1983. Afterwards, plaintiff entered into Joint

Development Agreement dated 29/8/2013 which was

registered for the purpose of putting up the residential

apartment      over      the       said     property         with

S.V.Constructions and Developers, represented by its

proprietor Mr.Satish Naidu. After the execution of the

Joint   Development      Agreement,       the    plaintiff   had

executed a general power of attorney which came to

be registered. After the execution of the Joint

Development    Agreement,      the    proprietor       G.Satish

Naidu offered to sell the apartment to be constructed

in the said property. After knowing the intentions of

the developer, these defendants have decided to

purchase 3 flats proposed to be constructed in the

aforesaid property. Accordingly, an agreement of sale

dated 12/2/2014 has been entered between the

developer and the second defendant with respect to

flat No.S2 and also with regard to the F1 and T1, two

separate Sale Agreements have been entered. All these

agreements    are     registered   before       Sub   Registrar,

Gandhinagar.
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          Instead of executing the sale deeds in favour of

     the defendants, the developer started to avoid the

     execution of the sale deed and postponed the same by

     assigning one or the other reason. Subsequently on

     the repeated request made by the defendants, a

     Supplementary Agreement was also executed on

     22/8/2016      after   receiving   the    entire    sale

     consideration in the respect of the 3 flats mentioned

     above and put the defendants in possession of the

     same.

          As per the understanding between the plaintiff

     and developers, the flat bearing S1 on the eastern side

     was allotted to the share of the plaintiff. However, in

     order to knock off the property of the second

     defendant, the plaintiff has falsely claimed that flat

     No.S2 is allotted to his share. In addition to that, the

     plaintiff used to disturb and interfere with the

     peaceful possession and enjoyment of this defendant,

     and as such these defendants were forced to approach

     the developer requesting him to settle the issue with

     the plaintiff. The plaintiff forcibly rented the flats
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fallen to his share though the works were not

completed and started to rent out the parking slots

which are allotted to the share of the defendants. Due

to illegal interference by the plaintiff, the defendants

were forced to request the plaintiff not to interfere

their possession, for which the plaintiff has demanded

Rs.50 lakhs in order to release his right, title and

interest   over   the   three   flats.   Accordingly,   the

defendants have agreed to pay a sum of Rs.15 lakhs

and a Memorandum of Understanding came tobe

entered between the plaintiff and defendant on

29/7/2017. The demand made by the plaintiff with

regard to the existence of the right, title and interest

over the said three flats is a bogus claim. However, the

defendants were forced to pay a sum of Rs.5,00,000/-

by way of RTGS to the account of the wife of the

plaintiff. Thereafter, the defendants have agreed to

pay the balance amount of Rs.9,25,000/- at the time

of withdrawal of suit in O.S.1612/2016 and the

balance amount of Rs.75,000/- was paid by way of

cash so as to enable the plaintiff to pay the fees to his
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     advocate. Subsequently, once again the plaintiff

     started to demand the additional amount and harass

     the defendant before withdrawing the suit. Under the

     above circumstances, the defendants are compelled to

     pay a additional sum of Rs.1,50,000/- on 7/11/2017.

          Inspite of the receipt of the said amount, the

     plaintiff colluded with the developer with the intention

     to defeat the rights of the defendants and once again

     started to claim the rights over the three flats. As a

     result of t his, the developer avoided the postpone the

     xecution of the sale deed by assigning one or other

     letter in favour of the defendant admitting the

     interference and promise of the plaintiff and his family

     members with regard to the possession of the

     defendants. Though the plaintiff has undertook that

     he will not interfere with the possession of the

     defendants,   he   started   interfering   which    was

     questioned by the developer. For the above said

     reason, the plaintiff filed a false complaint before the

     jurisdiction police on 28/4/2016. On 11/5/2016, the

     police summoned the plaintiff, developer, the above
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named Tirumalakumar for investigation and plaintiff

on that day entered into a compromise with the

developer and addressed the letter to the concerned

jurisdiction police so as to sort out the issues with the

developer. At the time of the settlement, plaintiff

issued two cheques to the developer so as to repay the

refundable deposit paid by the developer to the

plaintiff at the time of the execution of the Joint

Development Agreement and it is not as contended by

the plaintiff.

      Since the plaintiff failed to pay the refundable

security deposit, the developer stopped the completion

of the construction work, later on that work has been

completed by the defendants. The plaintiff started to

claim that the defendants are not the owners of the

property and they are the only agreement owners.

Further he contended that he has already filed a suit

in O.S.1612/2016 and pressurized these defendants

to   handover    the   possession    of   the   property.

Subsequently at the instance of the plaintiff and in

collusion with the developer, the developer tried his
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     level best to create third party interest in flat no.S2 so

     as to defeat the valuable rights of the defendants.

          As a first step of interference, one Mr.Santosh

     tried to interfere with the physical possession of the

     defendant. For which, a complaint was filed before the

     jurisdiction police. Subsequently a suit was filed in

     O.S.7801/2017 before this Court which is still

     pending for consideration. During the pendency of the

     s uit, the developer, plaintiff and these defendants

     have decide their differences with regard to the

     allotment of the flats and as such a deed of

     declaration came to be executed on 1/11/2017.

     Pursuant to the execution of that document, the

     developer and plaintiff executed a registered sale deed

     with respect to the flats bearing No.F1 and T1 on

     14/12/2017. Thereafter, a registered sale deed was

     executed in favour of the defendant no.2 by the

     developer and the plaintiff on 1/1/2018 in respect of

     the flat bearing No.S2.

          Inspite of the executing the sale deeds, the

     plaintiff once again started to claim the rights over the
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property contending that O.S.1612/2016 is still

pending and he will not withdraw the suit unless

these defendants pay another sum of Rs.15 lakhs over

and above the Rs.15 lakhs which was agreed to be

paid as per the Memorandum of Understanding dated

29/7/2017. Considering the day to day interference

and usage of the filthy language by the plaintiff and to

put an end to the differences, these defendants are

agteede to pay a total sum of Rs.30 lakhs           under

compulsion        and   accordingly    a    Memorandum   of

Understanding dated 6/2/2018 came to be entered

between them and not as contended by the plaintiff.

The defendants have paid a sum of Rs.7,25,000/- at

the   time   of    execution   of     the   Memorandum   of

Understanding dated 29/7/2017. Further, a sum of

Rs.12 lakhs was paid by the defendants in the

following manner. Rs.10 lakhs was paid to the

account of the wife of plaintiff through RTGS. The said

payment was acknowledged by the plaintiff. Another

sum of Rs.2 lakhs was transferred on 30/7/2018 to

the account of Varalakshmi. It was also acknowledged
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     by the plaintiff. A sum of Rs.30,000/- was paid to the

     advocate for the plaintiff who drafted Memorandum of

     Understanding dated 6/2/2018 by way of cheque on

     12/2/2018, to the name Sri T.R.Ramakrishna. This

     clearly   shows   that   these   defendants   have   paid

     additional sum of Rs.19, 55,000/- to the plaintiff.

     Inspite of the fact that, the defendants are not liable to

     pay any amount, the plaintiff has ventured to harass

     these defendants by playing false and frivolous rights

     over the aforesaid flats.

          These defendants are no way connected to the

     pending criminal case in C.C.No.11602/2018 between

     the plaintiff and the developer. Therefore, they cannot

     request the developer to withdraw the said complaint.

     Further, by forging the said document, it appears that

     the developer and third party by name Santosh in

     collusion with the plaintiff availed loan from Fullerton

     Finance Ltd., for which the plaintiff and others are

     liable and the defendants are no way connected with

     the same.
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     In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances

and in view of deed of declaration executed by plaintiff

and sale deed executed 14/12/2017 and 1/1/2018,

these defendants have become the absolute owners in

the respect of the aforesaid properties. The plaintiffs

have no manner of right, title over the same. These

defendants are not liable to pay any amount to the

plaintiff. The plaintiff has colluded with the developer

and third party Santosh and trying to defeat the

valuable rights of the defendants in order to make

unjust   enrichment.    Plaintiff   has   forcibly   taken

Rs.19,55,000/- for which he is entitled to refund the

same with the interest at the rate of 18% per annum

from the date of receipt of the amount. Inspite of the

above, the plaintiff has issued a notice on 1/9/2018

by making false and frivolous allegations against the

defendants. In the light of the above circumstances,

the suit is not maintainable and same is liable to be

dismissed with costs.
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          There is absolutely no cause of action to initiate

     the suit. The cause of action pleaded by the plaintiff is

     imaginary.

          Along with the written statement, the defendant

     also sought for the counterclaim in the above case.

          The     plaintiff        has   entered   into    a     Joint

     Development       Agreement,         supplemental         sharing

     agreement,    deed       of    declaration    and    inspite   of

     execution of the sale deeds in favour of these

     defendants in respect of flats bearing no. F1, S2 and

     T1 constructed on the property bearing site no.68

     used to cause nuisance to these defendants and to

     harass them and forcibly received Rs.19,55,000/- on

     various dates as mentioned above. The plaintiff is not

     entitled to claim the said amount. Inspite of having no

     manner of the right by taking the advantage of the

     position, the plaintiff collected the amount which is

     liable to be refunded by the plaintiff. As per the Joint

     Development Agreement, deed of declaration and

     other documents, the plaintiff has no manner of rights

     in order to claim the ownership over the aforesaid
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property. Therefore, the plaintiff is liable to refund the

amount of Rs.19,55,000/- received by him by using

the force, threat and coercion from these defendants

at the rate of 18% per annum from the dtae of

respective payments till realisation.

      These      defendants        have   paid    the    aforesaid

amount due to force and illegal methods adopted by

the plaintiff by pressuring these defendants.

      The cause of action for the counterclaim arose on

29/7/2017, the date on which the Memorandum of

Understanding       came      to    be    entered     and   these

defendants have paid a sum of Rs.7,25,000/- to the

plaintiff   on    6/2/2018,        the    date   on     which   the

defendants have paid a sum of Rs.12 lakhs to the

plaintiff and thereby not allowing these defendants to

sell the flats purchased by him though he is not

entitled to any amount in respect of that flats. In the

light of the above facts, these defendants are not liable

to pay any amount to the plaintiff. Accordingly,

prayed to dismiss the suit with exemplary cost and to

allow the counterclaim in the ends of the justice.
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          5.    After filing of the counterclaim the plaintiff

     has filed his rejoinder and contended that the

     averments stated in the counterclaim as well as para

     no.40 of the written statement is baseless and

     absolutely false.

          The plaintiff submits that he entered into a Joint

     Development Agreement with SV Constructions and

     Developers in order to put up the constructions over

     the property belonging to them. Pursuant to the Joint

     Development Agreement the developer has put up

     only 70% of the construction and failed to complete

     the building. The plaintiff constrained to cause the

     notice to the developer and thereafter a suuit in

     O.S.1612/2016 has been filed. During the pendency

     of the suit, the defendants entered into the agreement

     with the developer in order to purchase the developers

     share of the apartment negotiated for amicable

     settlement.    Accordingly     a    Memorandum         of

     Understanding dated 1/12/2017 was entered into

     between the plaintiff and developer identifying the

     flats falling to the share of the respective parties.
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These defendants amicably settle the terms with the

plaintiff and agreed to pay Rs.30 lakhs to the plaintiff

being the compensation due to delay in completion of

the    work.   Much       prior   to   the   memorandum           of

understanding the defendants who took active part

and     responsibility     to     settle    the   dispute       paid

Rs.5,75,000/-        on     29/7/2017         and     after      the

Memorandum of Understanding understanding dated

1/1/2017 paid a further sum of Rs.1,50,000/-.

Believing the versions of the defendants, the plaintiff

withdraw the suit against the developer. Once again,

in    continuation    of    the     concluded       contract,    an

Memorandum of Understanding dated 6/2/2018 has

been entered between the defendants and the plaintiff

under which the defendant agreed to pay a Rs.30

lakhs to the plaintiff. The defendants have paid only

Rs.13 lakhs and further agreed to pay Rs.9,75,000/-

after the completion of the sale transaction or by

finance     from     the     date      of    Memorandum           of

Understanding.
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           The defendants have sold two apartments that

     have been purchased by them flat no.F1 is yet to be

     sold, plaintiff requested the defendants to pay the

     balance of Rs.10,25,000/- in the terms of the

     Memorandum of Understanding as the five months

     period undertaken by them has already expired. The

     defendants went on postponing the issue and failed to

     pay the balance. The plaintiff was constrained to issue

     a notice on 1/9/2018 calling upon the defendant to

     pay the balance amount. The defendants caused a

     frivolous reply and hence the plaintiff filed this suit.

     The Memorandum of Understanding dated 6/2/2018

     is   lawful   and   binding   on   the   defendants.   The

     defendants have specifically undertaken to pay the

     same by paying certain amounts. A false counterclaim

     has been set up by the defendants to defeat the rights

     of the plaintiff on baseless and frivolous ground.

     There is absolutely no cause of action for the

     counterclaim. Accordingly, prayed to dismiss the

     counterclaim in the ends of the justice.
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     6.    On the basis of the pleadings of the parties,

the following issues are framed for consideration:

     (1)   Whether the plaintiff proves that he is
           entitled for a sum of Rs.10,25,000/- with
           interest at the rate of 18% per annum from
           the defendants as per the memorandum of
           understanding dated 6/2/2018?
     (2)   Whether the defendants prove that he is
           not liable to pay any amount to the
           plaintiff?
     (3)   Whether defendants prove that the suit of
           the plaintiff is bad for want of cause of
           action?
     (4)   Whether the defendants are entitled to the
           counterclaim as claimed in the suit?
     (5)   Whether plaintiff is entitled for any reliefs
           as sought for?
     (6)   What order or decree?

     7.    Plaintiff in order to prove his case,     got

examined himself as PW.1 and got marked Ex.P1 to

Ex.P18 and closed his side of evidence. On behalf of

the defendants, second      defendant   is examined as

DW.1 and got marked Ex.D1 to Ex.D4 through PW.1
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     in the cross-examination. For the purpose of the

     Court, Ex.C1 is marked.

           8.    Heard the arguments for plaintiff and

     perused entire records of the case.

           9.    My findings on the above issues are as

     under:

           Issue No.1) ............ In the negative;
           Issue No.2) ............ In the affirmative;
           Issue No.3) ............ In the affirmative;
           Issue No.4) ............ In the affirmative;
           Issue No.5) ............ In the negative;
           Issue No.6) ............ As per final order for
                                    the following:




           10.   ISSUE NO.1 AND 2:            It is the case of

     the plaintiff that, in view of the memorandum of

     understanding entered between the parties dated

     6/2/2018, the defendant is still liable to pay an

     amount to the tune of Rs.10,25,000/- to the plaintiff.

     In support of his case, he has produced Ex.C1 which

     is   the    Memorandum       of   Understanding         entered

     between the parties with respect to the said amount.
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     11.   The    learned     counsel      for    the   plaintiff

vehemently contended that the contents of the

Memorandum of Understanding is admitted by the

defendants in the cross-examination. Therefore, no

doubt the defendants are liable to pay the remaining

balance amount of the suit claim as per the Ex.C1.


     12.   In    support    of   the   contentions       of    the

plaintiff, he has narrated with regard to the cross-

examination of the DW.1 with regard to the Ex.C1. In

the cross-examination dated 11/2/2022, he has

clearly admitted that, "Now            I   am     looking     the

document styled as deed of Memorandum of

Understanding       entered      between      Kodanda         and

Manjula.    After   seeing       the   last      page   of    that

document, I cannot identify the signature of

either myself Kodanda or Manjula. The same is

marked as Ex.C1 for the purpose of the Court."


     13.   Though DW.1 did not identify his signature

in Ex.C1 document and further stated that he cannot

state the Memorandum of Understanding stated in his
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     written statement dated 6/2/2018 itself is Ex.C1, he

     admitted that, the payments stated in Ex.C1 are the

     payments which he has stated earlier. He further

     admitted that, as per Ex.C1 only, Rs.17,25,000/- are

     paid in favour of Kodanda, and further DW.1 clearly

     admitted that there          is a recital in Ex.C1 that

     Rs.7,95,000/- is to be paid in favour of Kodanda by

     DW.1 himself.


          14.    Though from these admissions, the learned

     counsel for the plaintiff vehemently contended that

     the Memorandum of Understanding dated 6/2/2018

     is proved, it is not completely proved by the party. The

     burden is on the plaintiff to prove the Ex.C1 and its

     execution     voluntarily,     without   force,   without

     compulsion and without any fraud, collusion and

     misrepresentation from the side of the defendants as

     on the date of execution of the document.


          15.    The learned counsel appearing for t he

     defendant     specifically contended that even in the

     written statement the defendants have specifically
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taken the defence that whatever the payments made

to   the        plaintiff   is   under   the    collusion,

misrepresentation from the side of the plaintiff. So,

Ex.C1 is not proved by the plaintiff. In support of his

contentions, he has produced some of the documents

to show that plaintiff managed to obtain the said

amount from the defendants. Ex.D1 is the letter

issued     by    the   Kodanda   to   Manjula   Venkatesh

undertaking that he will not create any problem with

regard to the rate, disposal of the flats in the aforesaid

address. Further, he clearly admitted that, he will not

misguide the buyers or the clients who came to the

flats in the above mentioned address. DW.1 clearly

identified his signature in Ex.D1 which is marked as

Ex.D1(a) from this Court. In the same way, Ex.D2 is

the complaint filed against the developer G.Satish

Naidu of S.V.Constructions and builders. This is the

complaint filed by the plaintiff against the developer to

the Inspector of Sanjaynagar police contending that

the said developer has not completed the construction

work even after the lapse of the time mentioned in
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     joint venture agreement. Ex.P17 is another complaint

     filed by Kodanda against Satish Naidu, Vikram,Vivek,

     Tirumalakumar who are the defendants in the above

     case with respect to the non-completion of the

     construction work. Ex.P18 is the acknowledgement

     issued by the police with respondent to Ex.P17.


          16.   As per the defendants, though they have

     paid the amount to the plaintiff, it is due to his

     torture and due to his force and not they are the

     voluntary payments made by the defendants.


          17.   Actually, there is no dispute with regard to

     the both the parties with regard to the ownership of

     the plaintiff over the suit schedule property and

     entering of the Joint Development Agreement with one

     Satish     Naidu    who     is     the    developer     of

     S.V.Constructions and developers. As per the Joint

     Development    Agreement,        Satish   Naidu   has   to

     complete the constructions within the stipulated

     period of 15 months from the date of handing over of

     the said property to the developer. However, even after
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the completion of the 15 months, the construction

was not completed, in the meanwhile there are some

differences     arose    between    the   plaintiff   and   the

developer Satish Naidu with regard to the Joint

Development Agreement and completion of the work.

A notice was sent by the plaintiff informing that, only

70% work has been done and the remaining work has

to be complete as expeditiously as possible. However,

even after the legal notice, the developer did not

complete the construction work. A suit was filed in

O.S.1612/2016 by the plaintiff against the developer.

However, it came to the knowledge of the plaintiff that,

the developer has executed some agreement of sale in

favour     of   the     defendant   under     the     registered

agreement of sale in respect of the flats belongs to the

share of the developer.


     18.    It is pertinent to note here that, in para

no.12 of the plaint averments, the plaintiff has

categorically admitted that 'The plaintiff came to

know that the developer has executed agreement
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     of sale in favour of the defendant under the

     registered Sale Agreement in respect of the flats

     belongs to the share of the developer.'              So,

     whatever the flats which are sold in favour of the

     defendants are the flats belongs to the share of

     developer and not plaintiff. According to the plaintiff,

     the developer has no right to execute the agreement of

     sale in favour of the defendants since the developer

     has no right, title and interest over his 50% share of

     the property. Now the question is whether the

     developer has executed a agreement of sale in favour

     of the defendants with respect to the shares of the

     plaintiff or whether the agreement of sale was

     executed with respect to the flats which belongs to the

     share of the developer. In the plaint averments itself,

     plaintiff has categorically stated that the developer

     has executed agreement of sale in favour of the

     defendant under the registered agreement of sale in

     respect of the flats belongs to the share of the

     developer. So, as per the plaintiff itself, the developer

     has executed the agreement and executed sale deeds
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with respect to his shares. This right is given to the

developer as per the Joint Development Agreement

itself.


      19.     This aspect is further clear in the Joint

Development Agreement produced by the plaintiff

which is marked as Ex.P9. In clause No.11.1 of Joint

Development Agreement, it is clearly mentioned as

follows:


              "The owner / first party hereby give his

      express consent that the developers/ second

      party      will    be    entitled   to   enter   into

      agreements with the prospective purchasers

      to sell or lease, for up to 50% undivided

      share in the land rents in the schedule

      property of the developer / second party's

      share and the developers / second party will

      also be entitled to enter into construction

      contracts with prospective purchasers of the

      undivided share in the land and receive sale

      price     and     cost   of   construction   without
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           rendering any accounts to the owner / first

           party.


           20.     The above clause   is very clear that the

     developer has the right to execute agreement as well

     as sale deeds or lease deed with respect to his share.

     When plaintiff himself admits that the developer has

     executed agreement with respect to his share, why he

     has to prevent the developer or to give trouble to the

     defendants contending that he is also having the

     rights in properties sold in favour of the defendants.

     No doubt, the plaintiff has not produced the sharing

     agreement and further contended that the completion

     work is not completed, however there is no clause in

     the   Joint    Development   Agreement    restrains   the

     developer from executing Sale Agreements, sale deeds

     as well as the lease deed in favour of the third party.

     In order to facilitate the act of Sale Agreement as well

     as sale deed, a general power of attorney was also

     executed in favour of the developer wherein clause 4

     (c) and (d)     clearly shows that the plaintiff himself
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given the right to the developer "to transfer and

convey by way of absolute sale the 50% undivided

share of the rights along with the residential unit

to be constructed in the schedule property falling

under the share of M/s S.V.Constructions and

Developers or any portion or share thereof and

execute      necessary        deals      of     the    share    or

conveyance          in      favour       of     the      intending

purchasers      /        transferees     and     do    everything

necessary for completing the sale/ conveyance /

transfer of the same including the execution of

the sale deeds, presentation of the sale deeds and

admitting the execution thereof as well as to sign

and    to     execute        all   the        forms,   affidavits,

applications,       statements,        declarations,       forms,

returns.'


      'To receive the consideration of the sale,

transfer, conveyance as also advances, earnest

money       deposits,      part    payments        and    balance

payments in regard to the sale, conveyance/
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     transfer of the rights with respect to 50% of the

     share    along       with     the    residential   unit   to    be

     constructed in the schedule property falling under

     the     share        of     M/s      S.V.Constructions         and

     Developers or portions/ shares therein and issue

     receipts and acknowledgements therefore.'


           21.   So,      the plaintiff     himself delegated the

     powers in favour of the developer to execute the

     documents in favour of the third party and a general

     power of attorney is also executed to that effect which

     includes the salable rights and also to receive

     consideration. Nowhere in the Joint Development

     Agreement, it is mentioned that, without the sharing

     agreement       or        without    the   completion     of   the

     construction         work,     the    agreements    cannot      be

     executed in favour of the third party. So, as per the

     opinion of this Court, whatever the documents

     executed in favour of the defendants from the side of

     the developer is as per the contents of the Joint

     Development Agreement and power of attorney only.
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     22.    When plaintiff himself admitted that the

developer    has   executed   documents       and   sold

properties in favour of defendants with respect to his

share only, the plaintiff has no right to object it nor

has the right to give complaints to the defendants as

well as others by harassing them. No doubt, only

because of this harassment, Ex.C1 has been entered

into between the parties. Though the defendants have

made the payments under the Ex.C1 in favour of the

plaintiff, it is clear that, whatever the payments made

by them to the plaintiff is under the compulsion of the

plaintiff. Because, as per the plaintiff's averments

itself, the plaintiff has got no right over the property

sold in favour of the defendants, because those

properties are the shares of the developer.


     23.    Even in the cross-examination of the PW.1,

he has deposed that on the basis of the general power

of attorney executed by plaintiff in favour of Satish

Naidu a registered sale deed is executed on 1/1/2018
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     with respect to S2 apartment in favour of the

     defendant no.2.


          24.     On perusal of all the sale deeds as well as

     Sale Agreements produced by the plaintiff which are

     marked from Ex.P11 to Ex.P15 documents, it is clear

     that all these documents are executed after the

     execution of the Joint Development Agreement as well

     as after the execution of the general power of attorney.

     It is further clear in Ex.P16 which is the information

     or request letter issued by the plaintiff in favour of the

     defendant that the defendants have purchased 50%

     share   of    builders   portion   only.   So,   this   also

     strengthens the case of the defendants that the

     plaintiff who is having no rights over the portions of

     the developer, has forced the defendants to execute

     Ex.C1 and to extract money from them.


          25.     As per the Indian Contract Act, all the

     agreements are contracts if they are made by the

     free consent of the parties competent to contract,
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for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object

and not hereby expressly declared to be void.


     26.   Section 10 of the Act is very clear in that

regard. So, if at all an agreement is to be valid

agreement or a contract is to be valid contract, then

free consent of the parties is also necessary. It is

further important to note here that, the word consent

is defined under Section 13 of the Act. Two or more

persons are said to be in consent when they agree

upon the same thing in the same sense. Further, the

word free consent comes under Section 14 of the

Indian Contract Act, wherein it is defined as follows:


           "Consent is said to be free when it is not

caused by -


     1) Coercion as defined in Section 15 or;


     2) Undue influence as defined in Section 16;

or


     3)    Fraud as defined in Section 17;
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          4)    Misrepresentation as defined in Section

     18; or


          5)    Mistake; subject to the provisions of

     Section 20, 21 and 22.


          27.   So, in order to contend that, there is valid

     agreement between the parties, the party has to prove

     that the agreement entered between the parties is out

     of   the     coercion,       undue     influence,     fraud,

     misrepresentation and mistake and they should agree

     upon the same thing in the same sense.


          28.   If we come to the present case from the

     beginning of the case itself, the defendants are

     contending that, they have made the payment under

     Ex.C1      under      the     threat   of,   under      the

     misrepresentation of the plaintiff. The threat as well

     as misrepresentation is clear since the plaintiff has

     already filed series of the complaints against the

     defendants      and         the   developers.       Further,

     misrepresentation is established by the conduct of the
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plaintiff though he specifically alleges that, the

property sold in favour of the defendants are not

allotted to his share, he specifically made believe the

thing as true that he is the owner of those properties

sold in favour of defendants.


     29.   Clause No.1 o f Section 18 of the Indian

Contract Act clearly says the word 'misrepresentation'

means and includes -


     "The positive assertion in a manner not

warranted    by   the   information   of   the   person

making it, of what which is not true, though he

believes it to be true."


     30.   So, in the present case, the plaintiff though

in his pleadings as well as in the request letters

specifically contended that, the properties sold in

favour of the defendants are the shares allotted in

favour of the developer, he by his conduct, by his act,

by giving the complaints against the defendants made

them to believe as he has the rights over the
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     properties which are already sold in favour of the

     defendants. Therefore, applying Section 18 as well as

     Section 14 of the Indian Contract Act, it is clear that

     eventhough as per the Ex.C1 only, the part payments

     have been made in favour of the plaintiff, those

     payments were made only by the misrepresentation of

     the plaintiff and not with the free consent which is

     mandatory under the Indian Contract Act. Therefore,

     the defendants are not liable to pay any further

     amount to the plaintiff.


          31.   So, in this case, Ex.C1 although entered

     between the parties, it is entered between the parties

     on the basis of the misrepresentation, on the basis of

     the coercion and on the basis of fraud played by the

     plaintiff over the defendants. Though the          part

     payment has been made by the defendants in favour

     of the plaintiff, which was admitted by DW.1 itself, it

     itself does not mean that Ex.C1 is proved.


          32.   As per the Contract, Act, a contract is to be

     valid only if it is entered between the parties without
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force, with valid consent, without misrepresentation,

fraud and coercion from the side of the party who has

executed that agreement along with the other side. As

rightly contended by the defendant in this case also,

the plaintiff who is having no rights over the sold

properties threatened the defendants             contending

that, he is having the rights in the property sold in

favour of the defendants, although it is the share

allotted in favour of the developer. From the pleadings

of the plaintiffs and from the request letter filed by the

plaintiff in favour of the defendants, it is much clear

that whatever the properties sold in favour of the

defendants are the shares allotted in favour of the

developer.


     33.     Merely because the part consideration has

been passed in favour of the plaintiff, the plaintiff

cannot contend that he is entitled to the amount of

Rs.10,25,000/- from the defendants         as per Ex.C1.

Unless and until Ex.C1 is proved, the plaintiff is not

entitled to the relief as claimed in the suit.
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          34.   The learned counsel for the defendants

     vehemently    contended    that,   original   of   the

     Memorandum of Understanding between the parties is

     not produced before the Court and further in order to

     admit Ex.C1 in the evidence, the provisions under

     Section 65 and 66 of the Indian Evidence Act are not

     complied by the plaintiff. No doubt, whenever a

     document is not original or it is a copy of the

     document, then if at all the party who want to rely

     upon it as to act as per the provisions of Section 65

     and 66 of Indian Evidence Act. However, even if the

     party comply such provisions, it does not mean that,

     that document is proved. The admissibility of a

     document in the evidence is entirely different from

     proving of a document from the side of the party. In

     the present situation, the Court is of the considered

     view that, on the basis of the admissions of DW.1, it

     cannot be held that Ex.C1 has been entered between

     the parties. DW.1 admitted only the part payment and

     not entire document. Further he clearly deposed that,

     all the payments are made to the plaintiff under the
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compulsion   only.   Therefore,   on   perusal   of   the

documents produced by the defendants such as police

complaints, private complaints before different courts

and further the pendency of another suit are clear

enough to show that the plaintiff has used his force in

order to obtain Ex.C1 from the defendants. The

arguments canvassed by the advocate for the plaintiff

that an handicapped plaintiff who is having only one

eye cannot force or threaten the defendants in order

to execute Ex.C1 cannot be taken into consideration

here because the plaintiff himself admitted that the

property sold in favour of the defendants are the

portion allotted in favour of the developer. Therefore,

whatever the payments made in favour of the plaintiff

under Ex.C1 is only by force of the plaintiff and

therefore he is not entitled to the remaining sum of

Rs.10,25,000/- with interest at the rate of 18% as per

the Memorandum of Understanding dated 6/2/2018.

Thereby, I answer Issue No.1 in the      negative and

Issue No.2 in the affirmative.
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          35.   ISSUE NO.3:      In para no.24 of the written

     statement,    the    defendants      have    categorically

     contended that, the cause of action pleaded by the

     plaintiff is imaginary one which came to be pleaded

     only with an intention to file the present suit which is

     otherwise a false and frivolous suit.


          36.   As per the submissions of the plaintiff and

     on perusal of the entire averments of the plaint, it is

     clear that, the entire basis for filing of this suit is the

     alleged    Memorandum       of    Understanding      dated

     6/2/2018. As discussed in Issue No.1 and 2, Ex.C1

     though executed in between the parties, it is not

     executed with the free consent of the parties. The

     plaintiff though not entitled for any amount from the

     side of the defendants got executed Ex.C1 for the

     purpose of the suit only is clear from the above

     discussions. Except Ex.C1, the plaintiff has got no

     rights to sue against the defendants. However, in the

     entire plaint averments clearly shows that only on the

     basis of the part payments made by the defendants,
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he has filed this suit. More over, the developer one

Mr.Satish is not added as a party for the effective

adjudication.       Therefore, the court is of the opinion

that the plaintiff has no cause of action against the

defendants in order to institute a suit against them.

Accordingly, I answer Issue No.3 in the affirmative.


      37.    ISSUE NO.4:        At the time of filing of the

written statement itself, these defendants have also

sought for the counterclaim. In the counterclaim

itself, the defendants have categorically stated that

they have paid the aforesaid amount due to the force

and illegal methods adopted by the plaintiffs and by

not allowing them to sell the flats. The entire cause of

action      for    the     counterclaim   is   the   date   of

Memorandum of Understanding entered between the

parties i.e, on 6/2/2018. No doubt, the plaintiff as

well as the defendant both admitted that an amount

of Rs.19,25,000/- has been paid in favour of the

plaintiff     on     the     basis   of   Memorandum        of

Understanding dated 6/2/2018. No doubt, from the
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     discussions in Issue No.1 and 2, it is clear       that,

     though the plaintiff has no rights over the properties

     of the defendants, he attempted to extract money from

     the defendants. The misrepresentation, the force, the

     complaints filed by the plaintiff against the defendants

     made the defendant to execute the Ex.C1 and also

     made them to pay the part consideration in favour of

     the plaintiff. Therefore, this Court is of the opinion

     that whatever the amount paid in favour of the

     plaintiff under Ex.C1 is to be refunded in favour of the

     defendants with interest. No doubt, the suit is of the

     year 2018, the entire transactions between the

     plaintiff and the defendants as per Ex.C1 held on

     February 2018, therefore a nominal interest of 6% is

     to be imposed in favour of the plaintiff to the amount

     of Rs.19,25,000/- which was paid in favour of the

     plaintiff from the defendants. Therefore, I answer

     Issue No.4 in the affirmative.


          38.   ISSUE NO.5:    From    the   discussions   in

     Issue No.1 and2, it is clear      that the agreement
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entered between the parties is not with consensus ad

idam. The parties are not on the same sense at the

time of executing Ex.C1. The act of misrepresentation,

the force, threat from the side of the plaintiff to obtain

Ex.C1 is established in Issue No.1 and 2. Therefore,

the Court is of the opinion that he is not entitled to

the any relief as stated in the suit. Accordingly, I

answer Issue No.5 in the negative.


     39.    ISSUE NO.6: From my above discussions

and reasoning, the suit of the plaintiff is liable to be

dismissed. In the result, I pass the following:




         The     suit     of    the   plaintiff   is   hereby
           dismissed.
         Under the above circumstances, no order
           as to costs.
         Draw a decree accordingly.
                                ***

[Dictated to the Judgment Writer directly on computer, Script corrected, signed and then pronounced by me, in the Open Court on this the 23 rd day of March 2022.] [PRASHANTHI.G] XXVII Additional City Civil Judge.

BANGALORE.

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1. List of witnesses examined on behalf of the Plaintiff/s:

PW.1 Kodanda

2. List of witnesses examined on behalf of the Defendant/s:

DW.1 Vikram. C.V.

3. List of documents marked on behalf of the Plaintiff/s:

Ex.P1 Certified copy of the plaint in O.S.1612/2016.
Ex.P2 Certified copy of the order sheet in O.S.1612/2016.
Ex.P3 Office copy of the legal notice dated 1/9/2018.
Ex.P4 Postal receipts 3 in numbers. Ex.P5 to Postal acknowledgements. Ex.P7 Ex.P8 Reply issued by the defendant dated 6/9/2018.
Ex.P9 Certified copy of the Joint development agreement dated 29/8/2013.
Ex.P10 Certified copy of General Power of Attorney dated 29/8/2013. Ex.P11 Certified copy of the agreement of sale dated 12/2/2014.
Ex.P12 Certified copy of agreement of sale of flats dated 12/2/2014. Ex.P13 Certified copy of the agreement of sale of flats dated 12/2/2014. Ex.P14 Certified copy of agreement of sale of flats dated 14/12/2017. 58 CT0028_O.S._7176_2018_Judgment_.doc Ex.P15 Certified copy of agreement of sale of flats dated 14/12/2017.
Ex.P16 Postal receipts.
   Ex.P17      Complaint

   Ex.P18      Endorsement

4.   List of   the    documents     marked    for     the
defendants:
   Ex.D1       Document dated 13/3/2016

   Ex.D1(a)    Signature of Kodanda, Land owner

   Ex.D2       Complaint given       by Kodanda
               against G.Satish      Naidu dated
               4/12/2015.

   Ex.D3       Document dated 11/5/2016.

   Ex.D4       Absolute      sale    deed     dated
               1/1/2018.

5. List of the documents marked for the purpose of the court:
Ex.C1 Deed of memorandum of understanding entered between Kodanda and Manjula.
[PRASHANTHI.G] XXVII Additional City Civil Judge.
BANGALORE.
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...Judgment pronounced in the Open Court....
(Vide separate detailed judgment)  The suit of the plaintiff is hereby dismissed.
 Under the above circumstances, no order as to costs.  Draw a decree accordingly.
[PRASHANTHI.G] XXVII Additional City Civil Judge.
BANGALORE.
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