Kanwal Kant Chagti v. Hotel Queen Road Private Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
The court dismissed an application by Hotel Queen Road Pvt. Ltd. to consolidate four suits for money recovery (filed by lenders/shareholders) with a complex fraud suit (CS(OS) No. 161/2012). The court held consolidation causes grave prejudice to simple recovery plaintiffs by entangling them with unrelated issues and 25 other defendants in the fraud suit, noting consolidation is discretionary, not
What did the court decide?
Applications for consolidation of suits CS(OS) Nos. 822/2011, 823/2011, 824/2011, and 3057/2011 with CS(OS) No. 161/2012 dismissed as abuse of process.