Keva Fragrances (Private) Limited vs. Bobby Industries (Private) Limited – SC APPEAL 197/2011-2011

In the case between Keva Fragrances (Private) Limited and Bobby Industries (Private) Limited with A. Razaak (Managing Director), the Supreme Court addressed whether the lower courts erred in dismissing the appellant’s claim for unpaid invoices and in ordering a trial de novo despite the documentary evidence produced. It was held that the appellant had sufficiently established its claim on a balance of probabilities and that the lower courts’ evaluation of the comparative evidence between invoices and payment documents was flawed. The decision reaffirmed the principle that a trial de novo should only be ordered under clear legal grounds supported by case law, specifically referencing Lada vs. Marshall and Ratwatte vs. Bandara. The appellant was granted a decree for the claimed amount togeth