JUDGMENT

Mini Pushkarna, J. (Oral)

1. The present appeal has been filed against the judgment dated 25th July, 2023 passed by the District Judge (Commercial - 03), Patiala House, New Delhi in CS (COMM) No. 200/2023. By way of the impugned judgment, the suit for recovery filed on behalf of appellant herein was rejected under provisions of Order VII Rule 11 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 ("CPC") for violating the mandate of Section 12A of The Commercial Courts Act, 2015 as amended by Amendment Act, 2018 ("Commercial Courts Act").

2. As per the facts canvassed before this Court, the appellant had business dealings with the respondents being engaged in the business of manufacturing, trading, export and import of wide range of LED lights, lamps, compact fluorescent lamps, etc. During the course of business, the appellant started facing rejections and replacements from major clients, due to sub-standard quality of LED chips supplied by respondent no.2 and suffered a loss to the tune of Rs. 1,87,00,499/-. Thus, a suit for recovery, being CS (COMM) No. 200/2023 was filed on behalf of the appellant. The said suit was rejected by the impugned judgment dated 25th July, 2023 passed by the Distri