F HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD & OTHERS vs DRUGS CONTROLLER GENERAL OF INDIA & OTHERS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 12.12.2024 Judgment pronounced on: 18.02.2025 I.A. 5639/2022 In + CS(COMM) 540/2016 F HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD & OTHERS .....Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Sandeep Sethi and Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocates with Mr. Vishal, Ms. Kritika Sachdeva and Mr. Vasu Singh, Advocates. versus DRUGS CONTROLLER GENERAL OF INDIA & OTHERS .....Defendants Through: Mr. Arnav Kumar, CGSC with Ms. Aayushi Sharma, Mr. Chtanya Kapoor and Mr. Tejas Kothari, Advocates for defendant no. 1/ DCGI. Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Senior Advocate with Ms. Bitika Sharma and Mr. Luv Virmani, Ms. Aadya Chawla and Mr. George Vithayathil, Advocates for defendant no. 3. I.A. 2192/2022 In + CS(COMM) 1119/2016 ROCHE PRODUCTS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS .....Plaintiffs Through: Mr. Sandeep Sethi and Mr. Darpan Wadhwa, Senior Advocates with Mr. Abhishek Tewari, Ms. Samiksha Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CS(COMM) 540/2016 & CS(COMM) 1119/2016 Page 1 of 41 By:DHARMENDER SINGH Signing Date:18.02.2025 16:02:33 Godiyal, Ms. Ishita Mathur, Mr. Utkarsh Trivedi and Mr. Raghav Makkar, Advocates. versus ZYDUS LIFESCIENCES LIMITED AND OTHERS .....Defendants Through: Mr. Chander M. Lall, Senior Advocate with Ms. Bitika Sharma, Mr. Kapil Midha and Ms. Aadya Chawla, Advocates for defendant no. 1. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL JUDGMENT AMIT BANSAL, J. I.A. 5639/2022 in CS(COMM) 540/2016 (under Order XI Rule 12 and 14 of CPC) I.A. 2912/2022 in CS(COMM) 1119/2016 (under Order XI Rule 12 and 14 of CPC) 1. By way of present judgment, I shall decide the above captioned applications filed on behalf of the plaintiffs under Order XI Rules 12 and 14 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter the ‘CPC’) seeking disclosure and production of certain docume