# PETER A FERNANDES vs O P MANCHANDA & ANR.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-05-06
Citation: CM(M)-859/2025 2025:DHC:3402
Petitioner: PETER A FERNANDES
Respondent: O P MANCHANDA & ANR.

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/60906052025CMM8592025_155222.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 06th May, 2025 CM(M) 859/2025 & CM APPL. 27548-27549/2025 PETER A FERNANDES .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Neeraj Malhotra, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Mr. Mr. Nimish Kumar, Mr. Shivangi Shokeen, Mr. Narender Kumar, Mr. Akshaya Kumar and Mr. Alok Lakhanpal, Advocates. versus O P MANCHANDA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Himanshu Bajaj with Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner is defending a suit which is commercial in nature. 2. The case is already at the stage of final arguments. 3. After completion of evidence, the defendant/petitioner moved an application under Order VII Rule 10 CPC seeking return or, in alternate, under Order VII Rule 11 CPC seeking rejection of the plaint. 4. Indubitably, though any such application can be moved at any stage of the case, when the case is already at the stage of final arguments and all these aspects can be taken care of by any Trial Court while considering final arguments, actually speaking, there is no real requirement of moving any such application as it only multiplies the work of the Court, unnecessarily. 5

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