(Per D.S.R. Varma, J.)

Heard both sides.

2. This City Civil Court Appeal is directed against the order and decree, dated 28-12-2006, passed by the I Additional Chief Jude, City Civil Court, Secunderabad, allowing the application I.A.No.2042 of 2006 in O.S.No.80 of 2006, and rejecting the plaint, while exercising its jurisdiction under Order VII Rule 11 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

3. Appellant is the plaintiff and the respondents are the defendants, in the suit, before the Court below.

4. For the sake of convenience, in this judgment, the parties will be referred to as per their array in the suit.

5. The basic facts, which are relevant, are that the plaintiff - Venture Global Engineering, is a registered company, having its principal offices at 33662, James J Pampo Drive, Fraser Michigan, United States of America (for brevity “the U.S.A”). The defendant No.1-Sat yam Computer Services Limited, is also a registered company, having its office at Mayfair Centre, S.P. Road, Secunderabad. These two companies constitute the defendant No.2, which is a joint venture company, under the name and style of M/s Satyam Venture Engineering Services Private Limited, is