1. The plaintiff and defendant No.1 were friends and became business associates initially in the sole proprietary concern of defendant No.1 who was later to incorporate and has incorporated defendant No.3 for the purpose of carrying on what is stated to be a “technology startup”. The sole proprietor of defendant No.1 (defendant) is essentially the contesting party. The defendant creates media content in various platforms like Internet, You Tube, T.V., Radio, Films etc. The plaintiff claims to have been initially appointed to provide various services to the defendant for creation of media content and related activities for which the defendant was to compensate the plaintiff as per certain oral agreement which came to be accepted and incorporated in certain emails between the parties and in terms of which the plaintiff seeks to be paid/compensated.

2. The plaintiff sought declaration that the oral agreement between the parties dated 20.09.2012 is valid and subsisting, for specific performance of the agreement, for damages for non-performance of the agreement and for other inc