JUDGMENT :

N.J. JAMADAR, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith, and, with the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, heard finally.

2. By this Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioners-Defendants assail the legality, propriety and correctness of the order dated 6 May 2024 passed by the learned Judge, City Civil Court, Mumbai, whereby the Notice of Motion taken out by the Petitioners to grant leave to the Petitioners-Defendants to file additional written statement, came to be rejected.

3. For the sake of convenience and clarity, the parties are hereinafter referred to in the capacity in which they are arrayed before the City Civil Court.

3.1 Defendant No.1 is a private limited company. Defendant Nos.2 and 3 are the directors of Defendant No.1. Under the Leave and Licence Agreement dated 1 August 2018, Defendant No.1 had granted the Respondent – Plaintiff a licence to use and occupy Unit No.104, on the first floor in the building known as ‘Platina’, situated at C-59, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai, with two car parking spaces (the subject premises), for a term of 36 months, commencing from 5 March 2018. A sum of Rs.49,93,920/- was