Evervital Lifesciences Private Limited vs Septalyst Lifesciences Private Limited — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Evervital Lifesciences Private Limited vs Septalyst Lifesciences Private Limited — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Administrative directions issued: Additional Court Receiver Mr. Ajinkya Pandere to retain a few samples of the Indore mediwaste products with the Plaintiff and hand over the balance to 'Hoswin Incinerator Private Limited, Indore, Madhya Pradesh' for destruction; the matter stood over to 13 October 2025 at joint request, with consent terms expected to be filed on the next date.

Issue for consideration

Consideration of the Additional Court Receiver's site reports on the seized expired mediwaste products lying at Indore, Madhya Pradesh and found at Kalyan. +2 more

Court's answer

The Court recorded that the products which were seized and located at Kalyan have been destroyed.

Ratio / Principle

The products lying at Indore, Madhya Pradesh are to be handed over to 'Hoswin Incinerator Private Limited, Indore, Madhya Pradesh' for destruction after retaining a few sample products with the Plaintiff.

Key takeaways

Mr. Ajinkya Pandere, Additional Court Receiver, is directed to retain a few samples of the mediwaste products found at Indore, Madhya Pradesh with the Plaintiff and to hand over the balance products for destruction as directed.ratio¶¶50
Nothing survives in the Interim Application; counsel submitted that consent terms ending the entire controversy would be filed on the next date.ratio¶¶52
At the joint request, the matter is stood over to 13 October 2025.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Commercial Division (Arif S. Doctor, J.), order dated 22 September 2025 in Interim Application No. 2844 of 2025 and Court Receiver's Report No. 42 of 2023 in Commercial IP Suit No. 91 of 2023 (Evervital Lifesciences Private Limited v. Septalyst Lifesciences Private Limited and Ors.; matter listed with IA(L) Nos. 37664 of 2022 and 6179 of 2023). Acting on the Court Receiver's site reports, the Court recorded that all seized medicines had expired in 2024; the seized stock at Kalyan had been destroyed (per the report, retained samples were handed to the Plaintiff's dispatch manager on superdari basis and expired medicines sent for destruction at Ghatkopar); and directed that the mediwaste products at Indore, Madhya Pradesh be handed over to 'Hoswin Incinerator Private Limited, Indore, Madhya Pradesh' for destruction after retaining a few samples with the Plaintiff, with Additional Court Receiver Mr. Ajinkya Pandere directed accordingly. Since nothing survived in the Interim Application, counsel indicated that consent terms ending the entire controversy would be filed on the next date; the matter was stood over to 13 October 2025 at joint request.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION IN ITS COMMERCIAL DIVISION

INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2844 OF 2025

WITH

INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.37664 OF 2022

WITH

INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.6179 OF 2023

IN

COMMERCIAL IP SUIT NO.91 OF 2023

WITH

COURT RECEIVER’S REPORT NO.42 OF 2023

Evervital Lifesciences Private Limited ...Plaintiff

Versus

Septalyst Lifesciences Private Limited and Ors. ...Defendants

Mr. Amol Ghurde a/w. Mr. Krishna Dhere h/f. Mr. Pramod Kathane, for the Applicant in IA No.2844 of 2025.

Mr. Subhradeep Banerjee a/w. Mr. Sudhakar Pandaram, for the Plaintiff. Mr. Deepak Bhalerao, 2nd Asstt. to C.R present.

Digitally signed by VISHAL VISHAL SUBHASH SUBHASH PAREKAR PAREKAR Date: 2025.09.25 15:30:20 +0530

CORAM : ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.

DATE : 22nd SEPTEMBER, 2025

P.C

Matter is today on the board in the backdrop of the order dated 25 th

August, 2025 passed by this Court. This Court, after hearing submissions of

learned counsels on the previous date, inter alia, directed as follows:

4] Having due regard to the submissions made before me as also there is no dispute with regard to the directions sought, I accordingly pass the following order:

(i) Time granted to the Court Receiver vide order dated 14^th

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August 2025 is extended by a period of three weeks from today. (ii) The ASR shall take all further steps in compliance with the order dated 8th July 2025 and submit his report within a period of three weeks from today.

The Court Receiver has today placed before me the Typed Site Report

of the Additional Court Receiver appointed in respect of mediwaste products which were lying at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The report, inter alia, records as follows :

6] The impugned goods were in sealed condition and same was confirmed by Plaintiff’s representative Mr. Ashish Sharma. I took photographs on my mobile phone. Also photographs and videos were taken by Mr. Vyas, the professional photographer arranged by Mr. Prashant Jain. Thereafter, as per order of the Hon’ble Court, I de-sealed the seized goods and carried out an inventory as regards to the medicines which have expired. Due to the large quantity of goods, at my request, Mr. Prashant Jain arranged for his office staff, namely Mr. Raja Kadam, Mr. Akash Sarya and Mr. Karan Kushwa to assist in the process.

7] Upon inspection, it was found that all the medicines inventoried had expired in the year 2024. I have retained samples of the inventoried expired goods and have placed in a separate carton in the presence of both representatives. After preparing the inventory of expired goods, the impugned goods were re-sealed, and possession boards were affixed onto the cartons. Mr. Prashant Jain, on behalf of the Defendants, provided an assurance to safeguard the inventoried goods. I prepared site report which was, read, confirmed and duly signed by he representative of Plaintiff as well as Defendants company. Photocopies of the signed report were provided to the representatives of the Plaintiff and the Defendants.

Furthermore, the report also has inventory of the product that

were found by the ASR.

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Additionally, the Court Receiver has placed before me a Typed Site Report dated 10th September. 2025 in respect of the medi-waste products

which were found in Kalyan. The report, inter alia, set out as follows:

5] The impugned goods were in sealed condition and same was confirmed by all present persons. Thereafter, as per order of the Hon'ble Court, I handed over the retained sample of impugned goods to Mr. Ganesh Mistri, Dispatch Manager of Plaintiff on "Superdari" and on "As is where is basis" and "As is what is basis". Mr. Ganesh Mistri ensured that, he will safeguard the retained samples till further order.

6] Thereafter, as per order of the Hon'ble Court, I De-sealed the inventoried seized expired medicines and handed over to Mr. Bhupendra Maurya, Operation Manager of Defendant No.1 and Mr. Bhupendra Maurya handed over the same to Mr. Pramod Bandhe, Marketing Manager of Mediwaste Products Pvt. Ltd. for the purpose of destruction of the expired medicines. Mr. Pramod Badhe informed to me that, he will destroyed the expired medicines within 10 to 12 days at Ghatkopar. He further inform that he will provide the Certificate of Destruction to Mr. Bhupendra Maurya. Thereafter, I requested Mr. Bhupendra Maurya to submit the copy of "Certificate of Destruction" to the office of the Court Receiver. Thereafter, Mr. Pramod Badhe lifted the expired medicines in one tempo bearing Registration No. MH-05-EL5844 and shifted to Ghatkopar for destruction.

There is no inventory separately appended to this report. Since I am informed that all the medicinal products which were seized had expired. The Court Receiver informs me, in so far as the products which were seized and located at Kalyan, the same have been destroyed. In so far as the products which were seized and located at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, the same would now to be handed over to Plaintiff for destruction.

In this view, in so far as the products which were lying at Indore,

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Madhya Pradesh let the same be handed over to ‘Hoswin Incinerator Private Limited, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.’ for destruction after retaining a few sample product with the Plaintiff.

Mr. Ajinkya Pandere, Additional Court Receiver is accordingly directed to do the following:

(i) To retain few samples with the Plaintiff of medi-waste products which have been found and located at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. and the balance products be handed over to ‘Hoswin Incinerator Private Limited, Indore, Madhya Pradesh’ to enable its destruction.

Since nothing survives in the Interim Application, the learned counsel submits that on the next date they shall file the consent terms by which the entire controversy would put to an end.

At the joint request, stand over to 13th October, 2025.

[ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.]

Vishal Parekar