M/S UNILEC ENGINEERS LTD vs M/S HPL ELECTRIC AND POWER LTD

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$~90 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 23.09.2025 + CM(M) 1898/2025, CM APPL. 60601/2025 & CM APPL. 60602/2025 M/S UNILEC ENGINEERS LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Puneet Jaiswal, Advocate. versus M/S HPL ELECTRIC AND POWER LTD .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA ORDER (ORAL) 1. Petitioner/defendant, defending a commercial suit for recovery of money has assailed order dated 11.09.2025 of the learned trial court whereby his application under Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC, seeking to recall and further cross-examine PW-1 was dismissed. Having heard learned counsel for petitioner/defendant, I do not find this case fit to even issue notice. 2. It appears that in the suit for recovery of Rs. 28,18,062/- towards costs of electrical goods/components supplied by the present respondent to the petitioner/defendant from time to time during the year 2016 against the bills CM(M) 1898/2025 Page 1 of 5 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA Signature Not Verified DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3 962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, KATHPALIA serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b 40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally Signed Date: 2025.09.23 18:15:36 -07'00' By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:23.09.2025 18:14:10 with proofs of delivery, plaintiff’s witness PW-1 was cross-examined by learned counsel for petitioner/defendant at length on 18.12.2023 and thereafter, further cross-examination was closed as the counsel for petitioner/defendant sought time to arrange a laptop in order to confront PW-1 with the e-mails allegedly sent by the petitioner/defendant to the respondent/plaintiff in the year 20