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Naokhila Loan Co., Ltd v. Hemendra Narayan Roy

Naokhila Loan Co., Ltd v. Hemendra Narayan Roy

(High Court Of Judicature At Calcutta)

APPEAL NO. 282 OF 1934 | 06-04-1936

Guha, J. —

1. This appeal has arisen out of an application under section 47, Civil P.C., made by the appellant, raising objections to the execution of a decree obtained by the respondent on 3rd February 1933, in respect of the money deposited with the appellant, the NaokhilaLoanCo, Ltd. The case of the appellant was that having regard to the scheme of arrangement sanctioned by this Court on 27th March 1933, under the provisions of the Companies Act the application for execution as made by the decree-holder was not maintainable. The application under section 47, Civil P.C, raising the objections aforesaid was resisted by the decree-holder respondent in this Court, on the ground that he was not bound by a scheme which was passed at a meeting of the depositors after he had obtained the decree, and a scheme which was sanctioned by this Court subsequently. It is not disputed that the decree sought to be executed in the case before us was obtained before the scheme was adopted at a meeting of the depositors of which notice was given to the respondent after he had obtained the decree. The Court of execution gave its decision against the appellant on the ground that as the respondent had ceased to be a depositor by obtaining a decree before the scheme was adopted at a meeting of the depositors, he was not bound by the scheme. The application under section 47, Civil P.C. was dismissed by the court below.

2. It was urged in support of the appeal that the Court below should have held that in view of the scheme of arrangement under section 153, Companies Act, sanctioned by the Court, the respondent was not entitled to proceed with execution of his decree against the appellant company. On the materials on the record in the case before us we are unable to give effect to this contention. In our judgment the scheme as passed at the meeting of the depositors on 22nd March 1933, and sanctioned by this Court on 27th March 1933 which gave effect to the resolution carried at the meeting of the depositors held after the respondent had obtained the decree and put that into execution, related to distribution of the available funds among the depositors who were to be deemed as creditors pro rata. On a proper construction of the scheme as it stands, and considering the same in the light of the materials placed before us, the scheme could not possibly be held to apply to the depositor who had obtained a decree. The appeal is accordingly dismissed with costs. The hearing fee in this court is assessed at three gold mohurs.

Advocate List
  • Sarat Chandra Basak, Jitendra Kumar Roy and Provash Chandra Bose

  • Susil Chandra Sen, Hari Prasanna Mukherjee

Bench
  • HON'BLE JUSTICE GUHA
  • HON'BLE JUSTICE BARTLEY
Eq Citations
  • LQ
  • [1936] 6 COMP CASE 263
  • LQ/CalHC/1936/277
Head Note

A. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 47 — Execution of decree — Scheme of arrangement — Scheme of arrangement sanctioned by Supreme Court on 27-3-1933, under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1913, related to distribution of available funds among depositors who were to be deemed as creditors pro rata — Held, on a proper construction of scheme as it stands, and considering same in light of materials placed before court, scheme could not possibly be held to apply to depositor who had obtained a decree — Appeal dismissed with costs (Para 2) B. Companies Act, 1913 — S. 153 — Scheme of arrangement — Applicability — Scheme of arrangement sanctioned by Supreme Court on 27-3-1933, under provisions of Companies Act, 1913, related to distribution of available funds among depositors who were to be deemed as creditors pro rata — Held, on a proper construction of scheme as it stands, and considering same in light of materials placed before court, scheme could not possibly be held to apply to depositor who had obtained a decree — Appeal dismissed with costs (Para 2)