{"id":329849,"date":"2024-09-02T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T09:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=329849"},"modified":"2024-09-05T11:30:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T06:00:09","slug":"appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is clear error\/failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bombay High Court:<\/span> In the present case, two appeals were filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">37<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996<\/a> (&#8216;the 1996 Act&#8217;), one by appellant and another by Ilaben Kanubhai Vadher, who claimed to be owner of the Virar property; challenging the order dated 16-07-2024 passed by the Single Judge of this Court. The Division Bench of A.S. Chandurkar and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rajesh S. Patil*, JJ.<\/span>, opined that the appellate court must exercise its power with caution, respecting the findings of the trial court unless there was a clear error or a failure of justice. Thus, the Court held that there was no perversity in the impugned order dated 16-07-2024 as it was necessary to protect the Virar property because appellant did not comply with the direction and started illegal construction on the said property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Background<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Respondent 1, Appellant, and one of appellant&#8217;s relative were partners of a firm named Vinamra Developers, which carried on the business of construction. Since there were disputes and differences between the partners, of Vinamra Developers, Respondent 1 invoked the arbitration clause under the Partnership Deed dated 21-10-2016. Respondent 1, on 02-01-2018 filed a petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1996 Act<\/a> and the Single Judge of this Court passed an order recording that appellant would abide by Clauses 11 and 17 of the Partnership Deed. Thereafter, Respondent 1 filed a petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1996 Act<\/a> and on 20-01-2020, the Single Judge passed an order thereby appointing a Sole Arbitrator to decide the disputes and differences between the parties arising out of Partnership Deed and the previous status quo order had to operate until the Sole Arbitrator made and rendered his final award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Respondent 1 filed an application under Section 17 before the Arbitral Tribunal, which was heard and disposed of by the Sole Arbitrator&#8217;s order dated 18-10-2022 and by the said order, the status-quo granted by this Court was to be equally applied to property situated at Virar, Palghar (&#8216;the Virar property&#8217;). Appellant thus sought a review of the said order but the same was dismissed on 23-11-2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Respondent 1 submitted that appellant thereafter started construction activities on the Virar property, hence Respondent 1 filed a fresh petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1996 Act<\/a>, during the pendency of arbitration proceedings before the Sole Arbitrator (&#8216;the second application&#8217;). In the meantime, appellant filed a petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">37(2)(b)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1996 Act<\/a> (&#8216;the Section 37(2)(b) Petition&#8217;), challenging the order dated 18-10-2022 passed by the Sole Arbitrator. The Single Judge of this Court heard both the parties in the second application and the Section 37(2)(b) Petition and by order dated 16-07-2024, the Section 37(2)(b) Petition was dismissed allowed the second application filed by Respondent 1. Being aggrieved by the said order, appellant filed an appeal before this Court and another appeal was filed against the order dated 16-07-2024 before this Court, by Ilaben Kanubhai Vadher, who claimed to be the owner of the Virar property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Counsel for appellant submitted that the Virar property was not a part of an application filed by Respondent 1 and therefore, the Sole Arbitrator and the Single Judge of this Court had gone beyond their jurisdiction and granted injunction against appellant. It was also submitted that the Single Judge misinterpreted Clauses 11 and 17 of the Partnership Deed and that these clauses at the most could be applicable to the &#8216;Santacruz property&#8217;. Counsel for Respondent 1 submitted that Respondent 1 was convinced by appellant to invest in the partnership firm by paying a huge amount and the said amount was transferred to purchase properties including the Virar property and thereafter, appellant started dealing with the business of the partnership firm to the detriment of Respondent 1. Thus, Respondent 1 on realizing that fraud was being played on him, filed a petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1996 Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Counsel for Ilaben Kanubhai Vadher submitted that she was a widow and was now the owner of the Virar property, on which construction was carried out, and she also submitted that since her husband had died, there was no one who could clarify the position whether Rs 50 lakhs were paid to her husband or not and since the construction was carried out on the Virar property, of which she was now the owner, the Court Receiver could not be appointed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Analysis, Law, and Decision<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that the arbitration proceedings were in progress before the sole Arbitrator, who was appointed by the consent of partners of the firm and Respondent 1, had filed two applications under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001544997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1996 Act<\/a>. The first application was filed prior to the arbitration proceedings which commenced before the Sole Arbitrator, and the second application was filed while the arbitration proceedings were in progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court also noted that the Sole Arbitrator had extended the status quo order to the Virar property and had directed appellant to disclose the list of all properties of the partnership firm. The Sole Arbitrator held that <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">prima facie<\/span>, appellant, had acted contrary to the spirits of the terms and conditions of Partnership Agreement. Thereafter, the Single Judge of this Court held that there were enough documents to prove that appellant had started construction on the Virar property even though there was a status quo order, hence, as an interim measure of protection to safeguard and preserve the Virar property, the Court Receiver needed to be appointed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Thus, this Court held that there was no perversity in the impugned order dated 16-07-2024 passed by the Single Judge of this Court as it was necessary to protect the Virar property because appellant did not comply with the direction and started illegal construction on the Virar property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court relied on <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Wander Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Antox India (P) Ltd.<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/Members\/SearchResult.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1990 Supp SCC 727<\/a>, wherein the Supreme Court held that the appeals before the Division Bench were against the exercise of discretion by the Single Judge and in such appeals, the appellate court would not interfere with the exercise of discretion of the court of first instance and substitute its own discretion except where the discretion had been shown to have been exercised arbitrarily, or capriciously or perversely or where the court had ignored the settled principles of law regulating grant or refusal of interlocutory injunctions. The Court opined that the appellate court must exercise its power with caution, respecting the findings of the trial court unless there was a clear error or a failure of justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court also relied on <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ravinder Singh Ahluwalia<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kuljinder Singh Ahluwalia<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/Members\/SearchResult.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2009 SCC OnLine Bom 712<\/a>, wherein it was held that when a notice of dissolution of partnership was issued, then to protect assets of the partnership firm, a Court Receiver ought to be granted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court, in respect to the appeal filed by Ilaben Kanubhai Vadher, stated that she could not claim that she was not aware of the order passed by the Single Judge of this Court as she had filed the appeal through appellant, who had been participating in these proceedings from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Thus, the Court dismissed the appeals filed by appellant and Ilaben Kanubhai Vadher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Ambrish H. Soni v. Chetan Narendra Dhakan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4Zm95cux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 SCC OnLine Bom 2820<\/a>, decided on 30-08-2024<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Judgment authored by: Justice Rajesh S. Patil<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Appellant:<\/span> Uday Warunjikar a\/w. Sumit Kate, Siddhesh Pilankar; Dhruti Kapadia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Respondents:<\/span> Rashmin Khandekar a\/w. Pranav Nair, Anand Mishra and Akash Singh.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996-191x300.png\" alt=\"arbitration and conciliation act, 1996\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996-38x60.png 38w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996.png 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Single Judge in order dated 16-07-2024 held that there are enough documents proving that appellant had started construction on Virar property even though there is a status quo order, and thus, to safeguard and preserve the property, a Court Receiver needs to be appointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":314919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[20521,72678,40741,2569,72677,33675,67937,71158,59941,7181],"class_list":["post-329849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-appellate-court","tag-appointment-of-court-receiver","tag-arbitration-and-conciliation-act-1996","tag-Bombay_High_Court","tag-clear-error","tag-failure-of-justice","tag-justice-a-s-chandurkar","tag-justice-rajesh-s-patil","tag-partnership-dispute","tag-trial-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bombay High Court upheld Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute and opined that appellate court must respect trial court\u2019s findings unless there was failure of justice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is clear error\/failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bombay High Court upheld Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute and opined that appellate court must respect trial court\u2019s findings unless there was failure of justice.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-02T09:30:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-05T06:00:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"591\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Simranjeet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is clear error\/failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Simranjeet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-02T09:30:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-05T06:00:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aaee99423671d3377042373c5dcdabbd\"},\"description\":\"Bombay High Court upheld Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute and opined that appellate court must respect trial court\u2019s findings unless there was failure of justice.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp\",\"width\":887,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"Bombay High Court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is clear error\/failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aaee99423671d3377042373c5dcdabbd\",\"name\":\"Simranjeet\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03d92c7ef8267a8c57730c194d10ea045f0dc6cb00ce27a633a2e25adccce1c9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03d92c7ef8267a8c57730c194d10ea045f0dc6cb00ce27a633a2e25adccce1c9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Simranjeet\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute | SCC Times","description":"Bombay High Court upheld Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute and opined that appellate court must respect trial court\u2019s findings unless there was failure of justice.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is clear error\/failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute","og_description":"Bombay High Court upheld Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute and opined that appellate court must respect trial court\u2019s findings unless there was failure of justice.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2024-09-02T09:30:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-05T06:00:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":887,"height":591,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Simranjeet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is clear error\/failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Simranjeet","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/","name":"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp","datePublished":"2024-09-02T09:30:49+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-05T06:00:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aaee99423671d3377042373c5dcdabbd"},"description":"Bombay High Court upheld Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute and opined that appellate court must respect trial court\u2019s findings unless there was failure of justice.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp","width":887,"height":591,"caption":"Bombay High Court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/09\/02\/appellate-court-must-respect-trial-courts-findings-unless-there-is-failure-of-justice-bomhc-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018Appellate Court must respect Trial Court\u2019s findings unless there is clear error\/failure of justice\u2019: Bombay HC upholds Single Judge\u2019s order appointing Court Receiver in partnership dispute"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aaee99423671d3377042373c5dcdabbd","name":"Simranjeet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03d92c7ef8267a8c57730c194d10ea045f0dc6cb00ce27a633a2e25adccce1c9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03d92c7ef8267a8c57730c194d10ea045f0dc6cb00ce27a633a2e25adccce1c9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Simranjeet"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":351775,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/06\/28\/know-thy-judge-justice-a-s-chandurkar-new-appointed-supreme-court-of-india-scc-times-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":329849,"position":0},"title":"Know Thy Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judge: Justice A.S. Chandurkar","author":"Editor","date":"June 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Justice Atul Sharachchandra Chandurkar\u2019s journey from Bombay High Court to the Supreme Court is a compelling narrative of dedication, legal prowess, and his profound commitment to justice.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Know thy Judge&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Know thy Judge","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/judges-information\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Justice A S Chandurkar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-89.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-89.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-89.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-89.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":380339,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/07\/know-thy-judge-justice-a-s-chandurkar-supreme-court-of-india\/","url_meta":{"origin":329849,"position":1},"title":"Know Thy Judge| Supreme Court of India: Justice A.S. Chandurkar and His Defining Contribution to Indian Jurisprudence","author":"Ritu","date":"April 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Justice Atul Sharachchandra Chandurkar\u2019s journey from Bombay High Court to the Supreme Court is a compelling narrative of dedication, legal prowess, and his profound commitment to justice.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Know thy Judge&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Know thy Judge","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/judges-information\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Justice A S Chandurkar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Justice-A-S-Chandurkar.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Justice-A-S-Chandurkar.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Justice-A-S-Chandurkar.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Justice-A-S-Chandurkar.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":339121,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/01\/15\/questions-substance-existence-agreement-only-determined-by-arbitral-tribunal-bombay-hc\/","url_meta":{"origin":329849,"position":2},"title":"Question regarding substance of existence of agreement can only be determined by Arbitral Tribunal: Bombay HC","author":"Editor","date":"January 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Even if it is presumed that signing an agreement with an arbitration clause can be regarded as submission of a (non-existent) dispute to arbitration, it will not follow that as a matter of law, since there will be no implied authority to execute such a contract. All these are issues\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bombay High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":327381,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/26\/bombay-hc-interim-relief-arbitration-conciliation-act-section-9-absence-remedy-under-section-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":329849,"position":3},"title":"\u2018One business partner\u2019s conduct detrimental to another\u2019; Bombay HC grants interim relief u\/s 9 to aggrieved partner, in absence of efficacious remedy u\/s 17 of Arbitration Act, 1996","author":"Editor","date":"July 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Due to the respondent 1\u2019s brazen disregard for the status quo order, the Court in absence of a Section 17 remedy, had to grant an interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bombay High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":295038,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/20\/no-inconsistency-arbitration-act-sections-7-9-of-ibc-code-bombay-hc\/","url_meta":{"origin":329849,"position":4},"title":"Nothing inconsistent in Arbitration Act as against Sections 7 to 9 of IBC Code: Bombay High Court","author":"Ridhi","date":"June 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Bombay High Court considered the question of whether there is anything inconsistent in the 1996 Act as against Sections 7 to 9 of IBC Code for the said IBC provisions to prevail.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"bombay high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bombay-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bombay-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bombay-high-court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bombay-high-court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":334091,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/10\/29\/if-dispute-is-arbitrable-and-arbitration-clause-exists-courts-ought-to-refer-dispute-to-arbitration-u-s-8-ac-act-1996-gauhatihc\/","url_meta":{"origin":329849,"position":5},"title":"If dispute is arbitrable and arbitration clause exists, Courts ought to refer dispute to arbitration under S. 8 of A&amp;C Act, 1996: Gauhati HC","author":"Simranjeet","date":"October 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In the present case, Clause 12 of the partnership deed indicated that the Partnership Act, 1932 and its Rules shall cover only those aspects not specifically mentioned in the deed.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Gauhati High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}