Restaurant group's claims against Sonu Sood dismissed by HC

In the ongoing tussle between actor Sonu Sood and Versovabased Kaio Restaurant LLP the Bombay High Courtappointed arbitrator has ruled in favour of the actor by dismissing the claim made by Kaio as they repeatedly failed to show up for court proceedingsThe court tiff has been going on since late last year Sood had rented out his property in Versova to Kaio to run a restaurant named Koyla ethnic cuisineStopped paying rentSoods lawyer Goenka told midday that the tenure for the rented property was from March 1 2015 to February 29 2020 with a lockin period of two years up to April 15 2017 The monthly rent was Rs 455 lakh while the security deposit amounted to Rs 30 lakhBut the partners of Kaio Restaurant LLP stopped paying the rent Because of this my client asked them to vacate the property but they dragged him to court by filing an arbitration petition alleging that he has disposed of the furniture fixtures and equipment lying in the restaurant which left them in damages amounting to Rs 1156 crore said Goenka adding that they had filed a counter claim Kaio has allegedly not paid Rs 63 lakh including interest in rent for the time period of July 201617 The restaurant has shut shopHowever nobody from Kaio has shown up in court After observing the matter the HCappointed arbitrator in the matter justice retd V M Kanade passed an order on April 18 saying Repeated opportunities have been given to the claimant to complete the pleadings and file the affidavit of evidence of the witnesses documents and reply to the counter claim filed by the respondent Sood Till today the claimant has failed to comply with the directions given by this tribunalNumerous adjournmentsThe order further said The matter appeared on board on November 27 2018 However since neither the claimant nor his advocate were present the matter was adjourned to December 2 2018 The claimant then sent an email requesting me to adjourn the matter beyond December 10 2018 I acceded to his request and kept the matter on December 12 2018 however on that date also neither the claimant nor his advocate were present The matter was then adjourned to December 24 2018 and on that date also they were absent As a last chance the matter was kept on February 5 2019On that date Ali Kashiff Khan Kaios counsel appeared on behalf of the claimant and sought six weeks time as a last chance to file his reply to the counter claim and take instructions from the claimant The matter was adjourned to March 7 2019 On that day also Khan again requested for one last adjournment read the orderAlso ReadSonu Sood Indias real heroes are our brave soldiersRespondent has filed his counter claim No reply has been filed by the claimant to the counter claim The counter claim will have to be now heard and decided on its merits on June 6 it addedWhen midday contacted Khan he said We did not appear for the arbitration proceedings on the last date because Abu Farhan Azmi former partner at Kaio had assured us that they will settle all the arbitration matters if we take back the FIR pertaining to the acts of cheating and criminal breach of trust with regards to Shelleys Hotel in Colaba Now without fail we would be attending all the proceedings against Azmi and Sood on the next date in the arbitrationAlso ReadSonu Sood Will travel to few towns in Punjab to encourage votingCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates