New Delhi
The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that thespian Dilip Kumar has been handed over the possession of 2,412 Sq. yard of his plot of land in Pali Hill after developer PRAJITA was paid Rs. 20 crores as ordered by the top court on August 30.
The top court bench headed by Justice J.Chelameswar and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer was told that the report by the Mumbai Commissioner on the handing over of the possession to Dilip Kumar have been filed with the court registry.
The APEX COURT had on August 30 had ordered the legendry star to deposit Rs. 20 crores by demand draft with its registry that would be paid to developer Prajita.
Dilip Kumar – the court had said “shall deposit an amount of Rs. 20 crores by demand draft to the Registry of this Court within a period of four weeks from today and intimate the same to PRAJITA. ”
Upon being informed about the deposit of Rs. 20 crores with its registry, the court in its August 30 order had said that PRAJITA “shall withdraw all the security personnel deployed by it and hand over v possession of the property in question within a period of seven days from the date of the receipt of the above-mentioned intimation…”
The court had said that the possession of property would be given to Dilip Kumar in the presence of the Mumbai Commissioner of Police or any other senior police officer nominated by him.
The Police Commissioner or his nominee “shall draw a Panchnama of the fact of the handing over of the property by PRAJITA to the appellant (Dilip Kumar) and file the same in the Registry of this Court within a week from the date of the handing over of the possession”, the court had said in its August 30 order.
The thespian Dilip Kumar was asked to pay developer Rs. 20 crores after he had terminated a contract with it (the developer) that he had entered into way back in 2006.
Asking Dilip Kumar to pay Rs. 20 crores to developer PRAJITA, the court had noted in its August 30 judgment that “As on date, no construction worth mentioning at all is made, not to mention about completing the construction.”
The court today noted that only question that is left to be decided is whether developer PRAJITA was entitled to any further damages and if so its quantum. It said that same would be decided through arbitration by Justice P. Venkatarama Reddy – a former judge of the top court.
The top court by its August 30 judgment had said that on the question whether PRAJITA would be entitled for any damages apart from receiving Rs. 20 crores from Dilip Kumar is a matter which requires some examination.
“We therefore, deem it appropriate to refer the said question for resolution by arbitration between the appellant and PRAJITA”, the court had said and appointed the former top court judge Justice P. Venkatarama Reddy as arbitrator.