LAWS(BOM)-2025-7-260

RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL Vs. LITHOFERRO

Decided On July 18, 2025
RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL Appellant
V/S
Lithoferro Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Mr Shivan Desai with Ms Tahira Menezes, Ms Maria Viegas and Ms Riya Amonkar, the learned counsel appearing for the appellants and Mr S.S. Kantak, learned Senior Counsel with Mr P. Talaulikar, Mr Simoes Kher and Ms Neha Kholkar, the learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

(2.) The present First Appeal under Sec. 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as ' CPC ' for short) has been filed by the appellants praying for directions from this Court to quash and set aside the impugned judgment and decree dtd. 5/10/2018 in Special Suit No. 96 / 2003 / C passed by the Court of Civil Judge Senior Division at Mapusa (hereinafter referred to as ' Trial Court ').

(3.) The appellant herein is M / s Resources International, a partnership firm constituted under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, represented by its partners, Mr. Dipak M. Rajani and Mrs. Meena Deepak Rajani. Vide the impugned judgment and decree, the appellants were directed to pay the respondents, either jointly or severally a sum of Rs.47,38,150.79 (Rupees Forty Seven Lakhs Thirty Eight Thousand One Hundred Fifty and Seventy Nine Paise) along with interest @ 15 % from the date of institution of the suit till the date of actual realisation of the payment to the respondents herein, M / s. Lithoferro, a partnership firm constituted under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 represented by its partners, Mr. Rajiv Maghashyam Nevgi, Mr. Kaustubh Vinayak Sawkar and Ms. Vaishali Shriram Nevgi.