Om Prakash vs Municipal Corporation Of Delhi on 13 December, 2023
Apart from admitting the award of work to the plaintiff,
its performance by plaintiff and passing of bills by
defendant no.2, defendant stated that there is no cause of
action for filing the suit; that the suit is barred by
limitation; that the suit has not been signed, verified and
instituted by a duly authorized person because Mr. Ajay
Singh Chauhan is only one partner of the plaintiff firm
and there is no resolution by the Board of Partners in his
favour; that suit is filed in contravention of the general
rules, directions and conditions of contract duly agreed
by the plaintiff; that the clauses of contract clearly
described that payment of past bills will depend upon
availability of funds in particular head of account with
MCD and payment of bills shall be made strictly on que
basis i.e. first past liabilities will be cleared and
thereafter the release of payment for passed bills will be
in order of demand received at Heard Quarters under
particular head of account; that under clause 4(B) the
Contractor has to submit its RA/final bill with
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measurement otherwise nothing will be due on account
of work execution, but the plaintiff has not submitted his
bill till date; that the defendant had already released
payment of Rs.10,61,000/- as gross amount on
28.07.2023 through RTGS to the contractor; that there is
no specific mention in title and heading of the suit that
the suit is filed under Commercial Courts Act 2015; that
the suit is filed in violation of section 12A of
Commercial Courts Act 2015 because plaintiff has not
exhausted the remedy of pre-litigation mediation; that
the suit is not properly verified as per the Commercial
Courts Act 2015; that the plaintiff has not filed certified
copies of documents as per requirement of Order XI
Rule(2) CPC as applicable to Commercial Courts Act;
that the plaint is liable to be returned under order VII
rule 10 CPC.