Rajendra Gears & Ors. v. Deepak Bearings Pvt. Ltd.
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 – Section 13(1A)
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, RFA(COMM) 79/2023 (with CM APPL. 21730/2023 and CM APPL. 23196/2025), order dated 22.04.2025 by Bench of Vibhu Bakhru and Tejas Karia, JJ. Rajendra Gears & Ors. (appellants; advocates Sanjay Vashistha, Deepak Nagar, Nipun Arora, Shivendra Gupta, Siddharth Goswami) v. Deepak Bearings Pvt. Ltd. (respondent; advocates Bhavya Sethi, Anupam Sharma, Akash Garg). Appeal under Section 13(1A) Commercial Courts Act, 2015 against judgment dated 19.11.2022 of Commercial Court in CS (COMM) No.1686/2020 rejecting leave to defend and decreeing the suit. By consent, appeal allowed, impugned judgment set aside, leave to defend granted subject to deposit of entire claimed amount with Registry within four weeks; suit restored to pre-judgment stage; next hearing 15.05.2025. No precedents discussed; no quantified monetary amount stated.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed by consent; impugned judgment dated 19.11.2022 set aside; leave to defend granted subject to deposit of the entire amount claimed by the respondent with the Registry within four weeks; suit CS (COMM) No.1686/2020 restored to the Commercial Court at its stage as on 19.11.2022 with appearance fixed for 15.05.2025; pending applications disposed of.