Chennai Court February 1981 Judgments
Meenambika Trading Company, Represented by Its Partner, M. Dhandapani ...
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Feb-03-1981
Reported in: (1983)2MLJ508
V. Balasubrahmanyan, J.1. The question which has been raised in this revision is about the liability of the Railways for damage and loss of 40 bags of gram dhall, out of a consignment of 100 bags; sent from Okhala to Coimbatore. They were despatched in Okhala on 2nd May, 1973 and arrived at Coimbatore railway station on 22nd May, 1973. On taking open delivery of the consignment, it was found that 40 bags were wet and damaged. The value of the damage was Rs. 689.50. The consignee, after issuing the statutory notice to the Railways, filed a suit in the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Coimbatore, for recovery of this amount. The defence put: forward by the Railways was two-fold, namely: (i) that the damage was due to inherent quality or vice of the 'dhall' which was wet even at the time of the despatch; and (ii) that there was violation of packing conditions of the consignment prescribed under the rules with particular reference to the usage of non-standard size of dunnage bags.2. At th...
Tag this Judgment!R. Purushothaman Vs. K.B. Vijayalakshmi
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Feb-02-1981
Reported in: AIR1982Mad308
ORDER1. This revision under the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Rent Control Act), arises on a point of jurisdiction of the appellate authority in a matter which arises in Kanyakumari district, The petition for eviction was filed by a landlady before the Rent Controller, in respect of a building, situate in a place which can properly be described as now being with in the territorial jurisdiction of the Sub Court, Kuzhithurai. The petition was dismissed by the Rent Controller. The land lady appealed before the learned Subordinate Judge, Kuzhithurai, on the said authority authority, having and determine her order of the Renttacit assumption that was the appellate Jurisdiction to hear appeal against the Controller. In that appeal form, was raised the Subordinate Judge, Kuzhithurai, questioning his jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal of the landlady as an appellate authority duly constituted under the Act. The appellate auth...
Tag this Judgment!- ‹ Prev
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Next ›