ORDER

CS (COMM) 570/2023

1. As the recital hereinafter would reveal, the present plaint raises issues that deserve serious consideration.

2. As such, let the plaint be registered as a suit. Issue summons. Summons are accepted, on behalf of the defendants, by Mr. Harkirat Singh. Written statement, accompanied by an affidavit of admission and denial of the documents filed by the plaintiffs be filed within 30 days, with an advance copy to learned counsel for the plaintiffs who had filed application thereto, accompanied by affidavit of admission and denial of the documents filed by the defendants, within 30 days thereof.

3. List before the learned Joint Registrar for completion of pleadings, admission and denial of documents and marking of exhibits on 20 September 2023, whereafter the matter would be placed before the Court for a case management hearing and further proceedings.

IA 15595/2023 [under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2, CPC]

4. By this order, I proceed to decide the plaintiffs' prayer for ad interim injunction. As such, the order would only examine whether, pending decision on the present application, any ad interim directions are or are not required to be issued.

5. Though no