1. Plaintiff filed two suits being CS(OS) No.1034/2009 and CS (OS) No.1082/2009 alleging infringement of its essential DVD Video Player patent, in particular Indian Patent registered under No.184753 seeking the reliefs of permanent injunction, directions to the defendants to provide complete details, delivery, rendition of accounts, damages, etc. In CS(OS) 1034/2009 which was later re-numbered as CS(COMM) 24/2016 the plaintiff initially impleaded K.S. Negi and Manglam Technology as defendant No.1 and 2 respectively and in CS(OS) 1082/2009 which was later re-numbered as CS(COMM) 436/2017 impleaded Bhagirathi Electronics, Big Bazar and Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited as defendant No. 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

2. The case of the plaintiff in the two plaints was that the plaintiff is a company incorporated under the laws of Netherland and was formally known as N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken prior to changing its name to Philips Electronic N.V., which was further changed to Koninklijke Philips Electronic N.V. in the year 1977. The suits have been filed through the