COROMANDEL INDAG PRODUCTS INDIA LTD. vs SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LTD. & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 22.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on:18.03.2026 + RFA(OS)(COMM) 22/2025 & CM APPL. 45700/2025 COROMANDEL INDAG PRODUCTS INDIA LTD. .....Appellant Through: Mr. J Sai Deepak, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Shravan Kumar Bansal and Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Advs. versus SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LTD. & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv with Mr. Prashant Gupta, Mr. Aadhar Nautiyal, Mr. Karan Singh, Ms. Shivangi Kohli and Mr. Anirudh Vats, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT % 18.03.2026 OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. 1. The Appellant challenges the impugned judgment dated 03.07.2025 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court, wherein the application filed by the Respondents seeking rejection of the plaint under Order VII Rule 11(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 19081 (“CPC”), was allowed. The learned Judge held that the Appellant had failed to establish a cause of action to maintain the suit, deeming the same to be purely illusory. 2. Parties are referred to as they stood before the learned Single 1 “CPC” hereinafter Signature Not Verified Signed By:GUNN RFA(OS)(COMM) 22/2025 Page 1 of 39 Signing Date:18.03.2026 16:09:26 Judge for ease of reference in these proceedings. BRIEF FACTS 3. The factual position in a nutshell, as averred in the plaint, is that the Plaintiff, incorporated in 1983, is an Indian agro-chemical company and the parent entity of the Coromandel Group, which comprises of Agrimas Chemicals Ltd.2 and Coromandel Agrico Pvt. Ltd.3 (under liquidation). The Plaintiff asserts that under an Agreement dated 27.01.2000, CAPL was appointed as the marketing agent for the Plaintiff’s products. Subsequently, an Agreement dated 06.12.2004 was execu