IE ONLINE MEDIA SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED vs NITIN BHATNAGAR & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 15.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 18.12.2025 + FAO 346/2025, CM APPLs. 78829/2025 & 78831/2025 IE ONLINE MEDIA SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED.....Appellant Through: Mr. Nachiket Joshi and Ms. Chanan Parwani, Advocates. versus NITIN BHATNAGAR & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Trideep P., Sr. Advocate with Ms. S. Singh, Ms. Sakshi Jain, Mr. Nitesh Kumar Jha, Mr. Akshit Mago and Ms. E. Kashyap, Advocates for R-1. Ms. Apar Gupta, Ms. Avanti Deshpande, Mr. Naman Kumar and Ms. Indumugi C., Advocates for R- 11. Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Ms. Shruttima Ehersa, Mr. Rohan Ahuja, Ms. Aishwarya Debadarshini, Ms. Jahanvi Agarwal, Advocates for R-10. Mr. Manu Seth, Advocate for R-5 and R-6. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. Signature Not Verified FAO 346/2025 Page 1 of 20 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:18.12.2025 15:52:04 1. The present appeal under Order XLIII rule 1(r) of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (the CPC), has been filed by defendant no. 2 in C.S. No. 510/2025 on the file of the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, aggrieved by the order dated 10.11.2025 by which the trial court allowed the application under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 CPC filed by the plaintiff/respondent no. 1 herein. 2. In this appeal, the parties herein shall be referred to as described in the plaint. 3. Brief facts necessary for adjudicating the present appeal are: The plaintiff instituted the aforesaid suit seeking permanent and mandatory injunctions along with damages, inter alia, alleging that he is a professional banker with an unblemished career spanning over seventeen years, having worked with reputed international banking institutions, and that h