Indian Oil Corporation Limited vs ANAFI SPECIAL MARITIME ENTERPRISE

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IA(L).34706.2025.doc Ajay IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 34706 OF 2025 IN COMMERCIAL SUIT (L) NO. 34506 OF 2025 Indian Oil Corporation Limited Applicant / .. Plaintiff Versus Anafi Special Maritime Enterprise and Ors. Defendants ....................  Mr. Venkatesh Dhond, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Akshay Kolse Patil, Ms. Rashmi Raghavan, Ms. Shreya Gupta, Ms. Shivani Sanghavi, Mr. Kevin Santhoshm Mr. Darshit through Video Conferencing and Ms. Shruti Khanijow, Advocates i/by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Co. for Applicant / Original Plaintiff.  Mr. Zarir Bharucha, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Chandrasekhar Haridh, Advocate i/by Bimal Rajasekhar for Defendant No.1.  Mr. Prashant Pratap, Senior Advocate a/w. Ms. Tripti Sharma, Mr. Shubham Agrahari i/by Bose & Mitra & Co. for Defendant No.4.  Mr. Prathamesh N. Kamat a/w. Ms. Aditi Maheshwari, Mr. Bodhisattwa Majumder, Mr. Chinmay A. Deshpande and Mr. Umang Malik, Advocates i/by Renata Partners for Defendant Nos.6 to 10.  Mr. Siddharth Manek a/w. Mr. Heetkumar Vacchavi and Mr. Benaifer D’Souza, Advocates i/by Crawford Bayley and Co. for Defendant No.11. ......…........... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : DECEMBER 17, 2025. JUDGMENT: 1. Heard Mr. Dhond, learned Senior Advocate for Applicant / Original Plaintiff; Mr. Bharucha, learned Senior Advocate for Defendant No.1; Mr. Pratap, learned Senior Advocate for Defendant No.4; Mr. Kamat, learned Advocate for Defendant Nos.6 to 10 and Mr. Manek, learned Advocate for Defendant No.11. Parties are referred to 1 IA(L).34706.2025.doc as Plaintiff and Defendants for convenience. 2. Plaintiff - Indian Oil Corporation Limited has filed the present Interpleader Suit seeking declarative reliefs and urged the Co