Dr Abraham Mathai v. Lakhan Reality Limited
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 – Section 12A (pre-institution mediation) – Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC – rejection of plaint
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Bombay High Court (Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction), Gauri Godse J, 15 October 2025 — Interim Applications Nos. 5492 and 5975 of 2025 in Commercial Suit (L) No. 24873 of 2025 (Lakhani Realty LLP v. Kalina Vihar Darshan Co-operative Housing Society). Defendants nos. 5 and 13 sought rejection of the plaint under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC for non-compliance with Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (pre-institution mediation), arguing the specific-performance suit over redevelopment agreements (last agreement dated 19 September 2024; suit filed August 2025) contemplated no urgent relief and the mandatory-injunction/PAAA/vacation and Court Receiver prayers were camouflaged. Following Patil Automation, Yamini Manohar, Dhanbad Fuels, and the Bombay decisions in Westin Infra World, Future Corporate Resources and Kaulchand Jogani, the court held the test is whether urgent interim relief is contemplable from the plaintiff's standpoint on the plaint averments; refusal of interim relief cannot justify threshold rejection. Applications rejected; IAL/24924/2025 listed 10 November 2025.