M/S MONTEL vs M/S THANDI RAM JAI NARAIN

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$~49 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 08th May, 2025 + CM(M) 72/2025 M/S MONTEL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nishant Anand with Ms. Gunjan Bansal and Mr. Gaurav Chauhan, Advocates versus M/S THANDI RAM JAI NARAIN .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shubham Sharma, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) CM(M) 72/2025 & CM APPL. 27984/2025 1. On the basis of request made to learned counsel for the petitioner, he contacted Mr. Shubham Sharma, learned counsel for respondent/defendant and pursuant to that, Mr. Shubham Sharma, learned counsel for respondent has joined the proceedings through videoconferencing. 2. Mr. Shubham Sharma, learned counsel for respondent, in all fairness, admits that in a similar another matter, on the basis of the concession given by him, indulgence has been granted to petitioner by this Court and he has been given one opportunity to cross-examine DW1. 3. He submits that such cross-examination has already taken place and such other suit and the suit in question are fixed for arguments today before the learned Trial Court. He, however, leaves it to the Court to pass appropriate order in the present petition. 4. This Court has seen order dated 06.03.2025 passed in CM (M) No. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CM(M) 72/2025 1 By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:09.05.2025 12:13:39 8/2025. 5. The grievance in the present petition is also, merely, limited to grant of one opportunity to cross-examine DW1 Mr. Naresh Garg. 6. Keeping in mind the overall facts and the fact a similar opportunity was granted to the petitioner in the connected matter and after hearing Mr. Shubham Sharma, learned counsel for respondent, the present petition is disposed of with the direction that learned Trial Court shall perm