contention was that the plaintiffs had disconnected water supply to the tenanted premises. Yet another contention taken up in the appeal memorandum was that a counter claim of about Rupees Five Crores have been set up by the defendants in the above suit. It appears that the amount of Rs. 57 Lakhs or a part of it is an adjudicated amount due to the plaintiffs. This is resisted by setting up a plea of disconnection of water connection alleged to have occurred in the year 2011. It is an issue which appears to have never been adjudicated or decided in favour of the defendants. Hence, the above contention is without any basis. As against the claim of Rs.57 Lakhs a counter claim is allegedly set up in a suit instituted at the instance of the plaintiffs in the present suit. Evidently, the defendants had never approached the court earlier, seeking any claim against the plaintiffs and hence, the present counter claim is not based on any adjudicated right of the defendant. Hence, at present it can only be considered that it was set up only as a ground for resisting the suit and the attachment. In spite of sufficient opportunity granted to the defendants to show cause as to why security shall not to be furnished, they have neither
