1 IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUIT NO.1070 of 1983 The Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay. .. Plff. versus M/s Regal Indl.Corpn.Punjab .. Deft Mr. U.J.Makhija i/b Mulla & Mulla for Plff None for the Deft CORAM CORAM CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J : D.G. KARNIK, J : D.G. KARNIK, J DATED DATED DATED : 1st July 2005. : 1st July 2005. : 1st July 2005. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. The suit is for recovery of money. The defendants have not filed the written statement for a period of more than 20 years. Hence, suit of the plaintiff is decreed under Order 8 Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure in terms of the prayer clause with modification that interest would be payable on the principal sum at the rate of 9 % p.a. from the date of the suit till payment. D.G.KARNIK, J