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NAVIN CHAWLA
Sona Blw Precision Forgings Limited – Appellant
Versus
Sona Mandhira Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT
I.A. 6131/2020, 7196/2020 & 13971/2021
1. By way of the present order, I will be disposing of the application filed by the plaintiffs under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (in short, `CPC.), being I.A. 6131/2020, seeking an ad-interim injunction; the application filed by the defendants under Order VII Rule 11 read with Section 151 of the CPC, being I.A. 7196/2020, seeking rejection of Plaint; and the application filed by the defendant no. 2 under Section 151 of the CPC, being I.A. 13971/2021, seeking dismissal of the Suit.
PLAINTIFFS CASE:
2. It is the case of the plaintiff no. 1 that it is a part of the `SONA Group' which was founded in the year 1984. In the year 2008, the `SONA Group' acquired `ThyssenKrupp AG's Forgings Business' and became a prominent manufacturer of precision-forged gears in the world. The plaintiff no.1-Company was renamed as `Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.' in the year 2013. In the year 2019, the plaintiff no.1 acquired `Comstar Automotive Technologies Private Limited', a leading company engaged in the business of designing and manufacturing of starting, charging systems and HEV/EV Motors and co
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