DELHI HIGH COURT
RAJIV SHAKDHER, TALWANT SINGH
Hapag Lloyd India Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Hotel Needs India – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Talwant Singh, J. (ORAL) :--The appellant no. 1 is a duly incorporated company and appellant no. 2 is its director. The appellants have preferred this appeal against the order dated 19.11.2020, passed by the learned District Judge, Commercial Court, South East District at Saket, Delhi, in Civil Suit (Comm.) No. 310/2020, titled Hotel Needs India vs. AVM Cargo Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. By way of the impugned order, the learned District Judge was pleased to direct the present appellants, who are defendant nos. 5 and 6 before the said Court, as under:
"In the facts and circumstances of the case, defendant no. 5 and 6 are directed to release the delivery order as well as original Bill of Lading no. HLCUVAN20070919 of re-import shipment to enable the release of the subject consignment in favour of the plaintiff subject to payment of invoice no. 2074601095 and 2074601097 by the plaintiff within 3 days from the date of the order."
2. The brief history of the case, as per appellants, is that the appellant no.1 is a Shipping Line, engaged in transporting goods through sea. Respondent No. 1 herein is the plaintiff in the suit below, who had appointed respondent nos. 2 and 3 as its Freight
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