Himachal Pradesh Court September 1990 Judgments

Gulaba Ram Vs. Divisional Forest Officer

Court: Himachal Pradesh

Reported in: 1991ACJ493

Bhawani Singh, J.1. Appellant, Gulaba Ram, was working as beldar under Divisional Forest Officer, Bilaspur on daily wages since 1976. He preferred the present claim petition alleging that he was travelling in jeep No. HIB 99 from Namohal to Bilaspur. It was being driven rashly, negligently and at high speed by its driver Dandu Ram (deceased). It fell down nearly 120 feet from the road as a result of which the claimant sustained injuries on head and arm. He was shifted to Civil Hospital, Bilaspur where he remained from 21.9.1988 to 1.10.1988 whereafter due to the rush at the Hospital he was discharged and continued the treatment at Namohal Hospital for about two weeks and even thereafter the claimant is suffering from severe pain in head, weakness in eyesight and pain in the right hand, thereby disabling him from doing work properly. The further case of the claimant is that at the time of accident his age was 49 years and was earning Rs. 2,000/- from all sources. He has also claimed Rs....

Himachal Pradesh Financial Corporation Vs. Man Mohan Kaur Anand and an ...

Court: Himachal Pradesh

D.P. Sood, J.1. The Himachal Pradesh Financial Corporation, a body corporate established under the State Financial Corporations Act, 1951 (shortly 'the Act'), is the plaintiff in this suit. The Corporation provides loans to intending transporters in the State of Himachal Pradesh with a view to promote and expand the transport industry in the State.2. On an application of defendant No. 1 for the purchase of a truck, the plaintiff-Corporation advanced a loan of Rs. 2,10,000 against the execution of documents, i.e., irrevocable power of attorney, hypothecation deed and trust receipt, exhibits P-1 to P-3, respectively. Simultaneously, under the scheme, defendant No. 1 provided guarantee of defendant No. 2, who executed guarantee deed, exhibit P-4. The amount of loan was repayable in 18 quarterly instalments of Rs. 11,700 each with interest. The due dates of the first and the last instalment were November 25, 1981, and February 25, 1986, respectively. The agreed rate of interest was 2.5 per...

State Bank of Patiala Vs. Alpna Industries and anr.

Court: Himachal Pradesh

D.P. Sood, J.1. The judgment-debtors in the main execution proceedings, have filed this application under Order 1, Rule 10, read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure requesting that Sapurdar, that is Mehar Chand Trust, Saproon, through its president and the National Insurance Company, Sector-17, Chandigarh, through its manager, be also impleaded for imparting proper justice to them. Some of the grounds, amongst others, are that certain goods worth the value of the loan advance, that is, Rs. 75,000, were pledged with the decree holder and kept in the hired premises belonging to Mehar Chand Trust, Saproon, at the monthly rental of Rs. 80 per month payable by the judgment-debtors ; that the decree holder while obtaining the decree did not bring this fact to the notice of the court and sought ex parte decree in question by playing fraud upon the court ; that the said decree has now been put by the decree-holder in execution and instead of getting their dues adjusted from the val...

Kamaljit Bhullar Vs. Nimrat Preet Singh Bhullar

Court: Himachal Pradesh

Reported in: I(1991)DMC490

Devinder Gupta, J.1. In this Letters Patent Appeal, the appellant has challenged the judgment of the learned Single Judge dated March 7, 1990, allowing the appeal of the husband respondent, whereby the judgment and decree dated June 30, 1989, passed by the District Judge, Shimla, was set aside and a. decree for divorce was granted dissolving the marriage between the parties.2. Marriage between the parties was solemnised on November 7, 1980, at Nirankari Colony, Delhi. A son named Saravpreet was born on January 4, 1982. After the marriage, the parties resided at Ranchi, Bangalore and Shimla. At the time of marriage the husband was holding the rank of Captain in the Indian Army and remained posted at Ranchi and Bangalore but subsequently left the job to assist his widowed mother in managing the family business at Shimla. The relations between the parties became strained in the year 1985 and ultimately on August 13, 1986, a petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (Act No...