Haji RAHMATULLAH AND Another vs STANDARD BANK LTD., KARACHI — 1970 PLD 577

Citation: 1970 PLD 577

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-01-29

Parties: Haji RAHMATULLAH AND Another vs STANDARD BANK LTD., KARACHI

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1970 Karachi 577

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Durab Patel Title: Haji RAHMATULLAH AND Another vs STANDARD BANK LTD., KARACHI Case No.: Civil Revision Application No. 111 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1969-01-29 Reported As: PLD 1970 Karachi 577 Result: H. JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The respondent is a bank and the applicants have an account with it. In the events that happened, the applicants had received a cheque for Rs. 500 from a party in Sukkur which was drawn on the City Co-operative Bank, Sukkur. The applicants had entrusted that cheque for collection to the respondent, and the respondent had obtained a draft from the City Co-operative Bunk, Sukkur drawn on th. Karachi Branch of the City Co--operative Bank. The respondent should have presented that draft for payment at the Karachi Branch of the City Co-operative Bank, Sukkur and credited the proceeds into the account of the applicants. Instead of so doing, they exchanged the draft with the National Commercial Bank Ltd., Karachi for a cheque issued by that bank. The cheque of the National Commercial Bank Ltd., Karachi was not honoured, and the applicants who were thus not credited with the proceeds of that cheque, suffered a loss of Rs. 500. Therefore they filed a suit in the Karachi Small Causes Court against the respondent, being Suit No. 531 of 1964, for the recovery of the said amount of Rs. 500 from the respondent as the loss caused to them by the respondent's negligence. The respondent contested the suit and denied that it had been…

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