MRS MEENA VOHRA vs MASTER HOSTS PVT LTD & ORS.

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$- * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV + CS(COMM) 688/2021, I.A. 4179/2022, I.A. 41942/2024 and I.A. 41943/2024 MRS MEENA VOHRA R/O 19, DELAMERE GARDENS, MILL HILL, LONDON, NW7 3EA UNITED KINGDOM .....PLAINTIFF (Through: Mr. Peeyoosh Kalra, Mr. Sanad K. Jha and Mr. Vineet Nayar, Advocates.) Versus MASTER HOSTS PVT LTD. BUSINESS PREMISES AT; G-69, CONNAUGHT CIRCUS, NEW DELHI-110001 ALSO REGD. OFFICE, AT: 25, WATERLOO STREET, 1st FLOOR, KOLKATA - 700069 ....DEFENDANT NO.1 SAMUEL FITZE & CO. PVT. LTD. REGD. OFFICE: 26, JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU ROAD, KOLKATA - 700087 ....DEFENDANT NO.2 Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PRIYA Digitally Signed Signing Date:20.03.2025 By:PURUSHAINDRA 17:03:05 1 KUMAR KAURAV MR. DEEPAK KHULLAR (ALSO KNOWN AS BINU KHULLAR) R/O 8, HO-CHI MINH SARANI, 4th FLOOR, SUITE NO. - 20, KOLKATA ....DEFENDANT NO.3 (Through: Mr. Dhruba Ghosh, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Ms. Rajshri A. Dubey and Mr. Amit P. Shahi, Advocates.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ % Reserved on: 13.02.2025 Pronounced on: 18.03.2025 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT I.A. 4178/2022 (under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC) 1. The present application is filed by defendant no.1 under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “CPC”) seeking rejection of the plaint on the ground inter alia of it being not maintainable as a commercial suit as per Section 2(1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act of 2015”). Since the decision on this fundamental ground will have a material bearing on the nature of