NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, INC. vs SWETS INFORMATION SERVICES PVT. LTD.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: May 06, 2025 % Pronounced on: May 15, 2025 + CS(COMM) 987/2018, I.A. 8483/2018-Stay, I.A. 8484/2018-O 26 R 9 CPC NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, INC. …..Plaintiff Through: Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Ms. Reha Mohan and Ms. Akanksha Majumdar, Advs. Versus SWETS INFORMATION SERVICES PVT. LTD. & ORS. ......Defendants Through: Mr. Sanjay Sehgal, Mr. Shivesh Sehgal, Mr. Prateek Bhardwaj and Mr. Anil Kumar, Advs. for D-1 to D-4, D-6 and D-10. Mr. Gaurav Barathi and Mr. Harsh Gupta, Advs. for D-11. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT O.A. 166/2024 (For setting aside impugned order dated 02.09.2024) 1. Vide the present chamber appeal under Chapter IV Rule 3 sub-rule (d) of the Delhi High Court (Original Side) rules, 20181, the defendant no.11 (now defendant no.8) seeks to challenge the order dated 02.09.20242 passed by the learned Joint Registrar, wherein his written statement has 1 hereinafter referred to as “Original Side Rules, 2018” 2 hereinafter referred to as “impugned Order” O.A. 166/2024 in CS(COMM) 987/2018 Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:15.05.2025 17:52:54 been ordered to be taken off the record due to non-curing of the defect attributable to the defendant no.11. 2. The present appeal has been filed by defendant no.11 in a suit for permanent injunction and other ancillary reliefs instituted by the plaintiff against the defendants, including the said defendant no.11. 3. Since the issue in the present appeal is pertaining to the (filing of) written statement by the defendant no.11, this Court is confining itself to the relevant facts connected therewith. 4. The defendant no.11 filed its written statement on 08.08.2018 vide diary no.199399/2018 to the pl