COTTAGE INDUSTRIES EXPOSITION LTD. vs DINESH DAYAL & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 16.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 03.02.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 03.02.2026 RFA(COMM) 56/2025 COTTAGE INDUSTRIES EXPOSITION LTD. .....Appellant Through: Mr. Anunaya Mehta, Mr. Inder S. Adhikari and Mr. Vidhan Malik, Advocates. versus DINESH DAYAL & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sunil Mittal, Senior Advocate with Ms. Seema Seth, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal, the Appellant [Defendant before the Commercial Court] assails the judgment and decree dated 23.10.2024 [hereinafter referred to as „Impugned Judgment‟] passed by the learned District Judge (Commercial), Patiala House Courts, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as „Commercial Court‟], in CS (COMM.) No. 167/2023 captioned Dinesh Dayal and Ors. v. Cottage Industries Exposition Ltd., whereby the suit filed by the Respondents [Plaintiffs before the Commercial Court] was decreed under Order XIII-A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [hereinafter referred to as „CPC‟] as applicable to commercial disputes, in favour of the 2. At the outset, it wou