Anil D Kaneria v. Orient Bell Limited & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
CRL.M.C. 6678/2025, High Court of Delhi, Ravinder Dudeja J, order dated 18.09.2025. Keywords: petition under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; challenge to order dated 03.06.2025 in Complaint Case No. 8550/2016; disallowance of cross-examination question to CW-1; earlier arbitration proceedings initiated by complainant; Manufacturing and Investment Agreement; same transaction between parties; relevance under Section 9 of the Evidence Act; rebutting presumption under Section 138 NI Act; impeachment of witness creditworthiness; contradictory conduct of complainant; disposal on concession of counsel for respondent no.1; liberty for one single question; condition of no further questions and no adjournment; direction to produce CW-1 on next date.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to cross-examine CW-1 limited to one single question regarding earlier arbitration proceedings initiated by the complainant concerning the same transaction, on condition that the petitioner shall not ask any further questions and shall not seek any adjournment from the trial court for that purpose; respondent(s) to produce CW-1 on the next date listed before the trial court.