GARUDA CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERS PVT. LTD. vs DINESH KHANNA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 04th August, 2025 CM(M) 2831/2024 GARUDA CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERS PVT. LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Soayib Qureshi & Mr. Nikhil, Advocates versus DINESH KHANNA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sumeet Verma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vijay Wadhwa and Mr. Mahinder Pratap Singh, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) CM APPL. 47004/2025 (exemption) Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. CM(M) 2831/2024& CM APPL. 47003/2025 (for stay) 1. Petitioner (defendant before the learned Trial Court) seeks stay of the proceedings. Since learned Senior Counsel for respondent/plaintiff has also joined the proceedings through videoconferencing, with the consent of both the sides, matter has been taken up today itself. 2. The next date fixed, thus, stands cancelled. 3. Petitioner herein is defending a commercial suit. 4. The evidence was being recorded before a Local Commissioner appointed by the learned Commercial Court. 5. During such recording of evidence, plaintiff examined one official 6. Such official, a summoned witness, brought certain record on 16.03.2024 and was examined. 7. When the cas