1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUIT NO. 297 of 1984 Kidarnath Kishanchand P.Ltd. .. Plaintiff versus M.D. Shariff .. Defendant ... Mr.R.A. K. Najam for plaintiff. None for the defendants. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J DATED : 15th July 2005. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for the plaintiff. None present for the defendant. The defendant has not filed the written statement for several years. Hence, suit of the plaintiff is decreed under Order 8 Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b) with modification that interest from the date of the suit till payment would be payable on the principal sum at the rate of 9 % p.a. 2 D.G.KARNIK, J