RAJIV SHAKDHER, TALWANT SINGH
Rahul Bhandare – Appellant
Versus
A2 Interiors Product Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Rajiv Shakdher, J. - Notice in this appeal was issued on 17.12.2021, pursuant to which the respondent was served.
1.1. accordingly, Mr Mohit Chaudhary, advocate, has entered appearance on behalf of the respondents.
2. The order, which is impugned in the present appeal, is an interlocutory order dated 15.11.2021, passed by the learned Single Judge in I.a. No.14342/2021, preferred in CS(COMM) No.555/2021. The respondent [i.e., the plaintiff] had moved this application in the suit, under Order XXXVIII Rule 5 read with Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [in short "CPC"].
2.1. The operative directions issued by the learned Single Judge are contained in paragraph 13 of the impugned order. For the sake of convenience, the same is extracted hereafter :
'13. Till the next date of hearing, the parties shall maintain status-quo with respect to the title and possession of the properties being House No.C-109, South Ex-Part-II, New Delhi - 110049 and House No.1-2, Maharani Bagh, New Delhi-110065.'
3. according to us, although counsel for the parties i.e., Mr Prosenjeet Banerjee, who appears on behalf of the appellants and Mr Mohit Chaudhary, who appears on behalf
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