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2002 CLD 669

BABA FAREED GHEE INDUSTRIES (PVT.) LIMITED through Chief Executive and 3

Citation2002 CLD 669
CourtLahore High Court
Case No.Regular First Appeal No,325 of 2001
Date2002-01-30
Judge(s)Jawwad S. Khawaja, Abdul Shakoor Paracha
ResultAppeal dismissed

ORDER

' This appeal impugns the judgment and decree dated 19-2-2001 passed by the learned Banking Court No,II, Lahore. We have gone through the impugned judgment and the record with the assistance of learned counsel for the parties. It was firstly contended by learned counsel for the appellants that the statement of account appended with the plaint by the defendant-Bank was not correct. According to him the appellant No,1 had been availing banking facilities from the defendant-Bank for a number of years but the statement of account which has been filed with the plaint started from 29-6-1998. It was his case that the defendant-Bank had allowed a fresh facility only for the purpose of adjusting the earlier facility and the amount of Rs,10,000,000 shown as a debit entry, on 29-6-1998 was on account of the aforesaid facility.

2. The objection._; of the learned counsel in respect of the statement of account are not ' well- founded and are not supported, by the record. We note that only vague assertions have been made before us by learned counsel for the appellants. He was asked to be more specific as to the objections on the statement of account. He was also asked to show if any specific objections had been taken in respect of statement of account in the petition filed by the appellants/ defendants seeking leave to appear and defend. He was unable to refer to any specific objections. He was then asked to show us if the appellant No,1 which is a limited company, had filed its own statement of account to controvert the statement of account filed by the Bank. This question was put to learned counsel because a limited company is by law required to maintain accounts. Learned counsel conceded that no such statement of accounts had been filed in Court on behalf of the appellants/defendants to substantiate the allegations made in their application seeking leave to appear and defend. In this view of the matter the bald assertions made by learned counsel for the appellants without backing by any documentary proof, cannot be given any credence.

3. It was next argued by learned counsel for the appellants that mark-up had been charged by the defendant-Bank for a period after the expiry of the limit provided to the appellant No, 1 . This assertion is also not substantiated from the record. We also note that in order to avoid the charging of mark-up twice, the learned Banking Court has disallowed the mark-up for 210 days amounting to Rs,13,57,511. On this score also we find that the judgment and decree are not open to exception.

4. As a consequence we find no merit in this appeal which is, therefore, dismissed.

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