R.S.A.No.616 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A.No.616 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision : 06.07.2009 Sadhu Ram ...Appellant Versus Canara Bank and another ...Respondent CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: Mr. Vinod Bhardwaj, Advocate, for the appellant. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (ORAL) The defendant is in second appeal aggrieved against the judgment and decree passed by the learned First Appellate Court, holding that the appellant is liable to pay agreed rate of interest from the date of filing the suit till the passing of the decree. However, while exercising its jurisdiction under Order 34 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the learned First Appellate Court has granted future interest @ 6% per annum, from the date of passing of decree till its realiztion. The only argument raised by the learned counsel for the appellant is that loan was for agricultural purpose and in terms of the Haryana Relief of Agricultural Indebtedness Act, 1989, the interest cannot exceed the amount of principal. In terms of the provisions of Section 2(g)(xii), inserted by Haryana Act No.6 of 1992 and further substituted by Haryana Act No.15 of 1993, the loan due and payable to a Scheduled Bank is not a debt over which the aforesaid Act is applicable. Therefore, the finding recorded by R.S.A.No.616 of 2009 2 the learned First Appellate Court cannot be said to be suffering from any patent illegality or irregularity. The finding recorded by the learned First Appellate Court do not give rise to any substantial question of law for consideration by this Court. Dismissed. 06.07.2009 (HEMANT GUPTA) Vimal JUDGE