The padlocked Indian Emporium in downtown Bacolod City was reopened Wednesday, lawyer William Mirano said yesterday.

The Indian Emporium was padlocked at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday by representatives of the building owner where it is located at Gonzaga Street, Bacolod City.

Indian Emporium owner Bhagwani Chugani is renting the store space from building owners Angeles and Jose Vasquez.

Chugani has a pending civil case filed in court against the Vasquez couple for specific performance and/or to fix the reasonable rental of the lease with damages, and a court order for a status quo had been issued.

On Tuesday an urgent motion to break open padlocked premises filed by Chugani was heard.

Counsels of both parties argued their respective positions before Judge Pepito Gellada of RTC Branch 53 and the motion was submitted for resolution, Mirano said. But before Gellada could rule on the motion of the plaintiff, defendant voluntarily opened the padlocked Indian Emporium at around 3 p.m. Wednesday, he said.

The case is set on June 4 for a conference of the parties for a possible amicable settlement, he added.*CPG

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