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Uma Aggarwal Vs Gurpreet Singh BhattalUma Aggarwal v. Gurpreet Singh Bhattal

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Uma Aggarwal v. Gurpreet Singh Bhattal

Delhi HC7 Apr 2025RFA/982/2018

Case brief

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What is this about?

Uma Aggarwal v. Gurpreet Singh Bhattal, RFA 982/2018 (with CM APPL. 7327/2025 and CM APPL. 7328/2025), High Court of Delhi, decided 07.04.2025 by Justice Tejas Karia. Consent-based disposal of Regular First Appeal against judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 of ADJ-01, Saket Courts, New Delhi in CS No. 9995/16 (Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr.); decree set aside upon settlement; part sale consideration received by Power of Attorney Holder Narender Makhija and passed on to Respondent; affidavits recording no amount receivable/due from Narender Makhija; clarification that no amount due or pending from Makhija to Appellant or Respondent; no order as to costs.

What did the court decide?

Appeal disposed of on the basis of statements/consent of counsel: judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 in CS No. 9995/16 (Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr.) set aside; clarified that no amount is due or pending from Mr. Narender Makhija either to the Appellant or the Respondent; no order as to costs.

Why is it important?

The judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 passed by the Court of the Additional District Judge-01, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi in CS No. 9995/16 titled Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr. is set aside. ¶¶17

What the court decided

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Outcome

Appeal disposed of on the basis of statements/consent of counsel: judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 in CS No. 9995/16 (Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr.) set aside; clarified that no amount is due or pending from Mr. Narender Makhija either to the Appellant or the Respondent; no order as to costs.

Issue for consideration

Whether, in view of the settlement between the parties and the Respondent having received the amount in question, the impugned judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 should be set aside.

Court's answer

The judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 passed by the Court of the Additional District Judge-01, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi in CS No. 9995/16 titled Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr. is set aside.

Ratio / Principle

It is clarified that no amount is due or pending from Mr. Narender Makhija, either to the Appellant or the Respondent.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Tejas Karia, J.) disposed of RFA 982/2018 arising from a judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 of the Additional District Judge-01, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi in CS No. 9995/16 (Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr.). On the joint statement of learned counsel that the parties had settled the matter, the Respondent had received the amount in question, and affidavits (including one dated 23.01.2023) recorded that nothing remained receivable from the Respondent's Power of Attorney Holder, Mr. Narender Makhija, the Court set aside the impugned judgment and decree, clarified that no amount is due or pending from Mr. Narender Makhija either to the Appellant or the Respondent, and made no order as to costs.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + RFA 982/2018, CM APPL. 7327/2025 & CM APPL. 7328/2025

UMA AGGARWAL

.....Appellant

Through: Mr. Jai Sahai Endlaw, Ms. Sagarika Kaul & Ms. Shruti Kapur, Advs.

versus

GURPREET SINGH BHATTAL .....Respondent Through: Mr. Arjun Malik, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Mr. Arya Harsh & Mr. Jayesh Sharma, Advs.

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA

O R D E R % 07.04.2025

This is an appeal filed against a judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 passed by the learned Additional District Judge-01, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi (‘ impugned judgment ’). It is stated by the learned counsels appearing for the parties that they have settled the matter and the Respondent has received the amount in question and, therefore, the impugned judgment be set aside.

Mr. Malik, learned counsel appearing for Mr. Narender Makhija, who is stated to be the Power of Attorney Holder of Mr. Gurpreet Singh Bhattal, the Respondent herein, states that the part sale consideration was received by the said Power of Attorney Holder on behalf of Mr. Bhattal and it was subsequently passed on to Mr. Bhattal.

Mr. Sharma, learned counsel appearing for Mr. Bhattal states

This is a digitally signed order.

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that an affidavit dated 23.01.2023 has been filed stating that no amount is receivable from the said Power of Attorney Holder, Mr. Narender Makhija.

Learned counsel appearing for the Appellant states that the Appellant has also filed an affidavit, which is lying under objection, to record that no amount is due from Mr. Narender Makhija. In view of the statement made on instructions by the learned counsel for the Appellant, the appeal is disposed of with the following directions: -

i. The judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 passed by the Court of the Additional District Judge-01, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi in CS No. 9995/16 titled ‘ Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr. ’ is set aside.

ii. It is clarified that no amount is due or pending from Mr. Narender Makhija, either to the Appellant or the Respondent.

There is no order as to costs.

TEJAS KARIA, J

APRIL 7, 2025 Ch

This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 15/04/2025 at 15:54:08

Issues for consideration

1 issue framed by the court

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Whether, in view of the settlement between the parties and the Respondent having received the amount in question, the impugned judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 should be set aside.medium confidence¶¶10
The court held
The judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 passed by the Court of the Additional District Judge-01, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi in CS No. 9995/16 titled Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr. is set aside.ratio¶¶17

Cases cited

Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority

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Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr.Reversed¶¶17
CS No. 9995/16

Procedural history

How this case reached the court

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Order under challenge
Judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 in CS No. 9995/16 titled Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr.¶¶10
Court of the Additional District Judge-01, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi · 31.08.2018
Prior proceeding
Trial court suit CS No. 9995/16 titled Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr. ended in the judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 challenged in this Regular First Appeal.¶¶17
Prior proceeding
As stated by Mr. Malik, part sale consideration was received by Narender Makhija, Power of Attorney Holder of the Respondent, on behalf of Mr. Bhattal and was subsequently passed on to Mr. Bhattal.¶¶11
Prior proceeding
Learned counsels for both parties stated before this Court that the matter has been settled and the Respondent has received the amount in question.¶¶10
Prior proceeding
Respondent filed an affidavit dated 23.01.2023 stating that no amount is receivable from his Power of Attorney Holder, Mr. Narender Makhija.¶¶15
Prior proceeding
Appellant also filed an affidavit, lying under objection, recording that no amount is due from Mr. Narender Makhija.¶¶16

Parties & counsel

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appellant
Uma Aggarwal¶¶3-¶5
Jai Sahai Endlaw, Sagarika Kaul, Shruti Kapur
respondent
Gurpreet Singh Bhattal¶¶7
Arjun Malik, Aman Sharma, Arya Harsh, Jayesh Sharma

Coram

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Tejas Kariaauthor¶¶8

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Delhi HC
Decided on: 7 Apr 2025 · April
Registered: 3 Dec 2018
Case no.: RFA/982/2018
CNR: DLHC014569332018
Bench: Tejas Karia
Case type: RFA

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Cite this judgement

Uma Aggarwal v. Gurpreet Singh Bhattal, RFA/982/2018 (DEL), decided on 7 April 2025.

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Cases cited1

Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr.Reversed¶¶17

Open Authorities

Procedural history6

Judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 in CS No. 9995/16 titled Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr.Court of the Additional District Judge-01, South East District, Saket Courts, New Delhi · 31.08.2018
Trial court suit CS No. 9995/16 titled Gurpreet Singh Bhattal v. Anguri Devi and Anr. ended in the judgment and decree dated 31.08.2018 challenged in this Regular First Appeal.
As stated by Mr. Malik, part sale consideration was received by Narender Makhija, Power of Attorney Holder of the Respondent, on behalf of Mr. Bhattal and was subsequently passed on to Mr. Bhattal.

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Bench / Coram

Tejas Karia

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