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DELHI HIGH COURT
AMIT BANSAL
Aeronutrix Sports Products Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Laborate Pharmaceuticals India Ltd. – Respondent
ORDER
[VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING]
I.A.2492/2022 (for Exemption)
1. Subject to the plaintiff filing the originals, certified copies, clearer copies, translated copies, copies with exact margins of any dim or illegible documents on which the plaintiff may seek to place reliance on, within four weeks from today, exemption is granted for the present.
2. The application is disposed of.
I.A.2493/2022 (u/S 12A)
3. For the reasons stated in the application, the same is allowed.
CS(COMM) 106/2022
4. Let the plaint be registered as a suit.
5. Summons be issued to the defendants through all permissible modes. The summons shall state that the written statement(s) shall be filed by the defendants within thirty days from the date of the receipt of summons. Along with the written statement(s), the defendants shall also file affidavit of admission/denial of the documents of the plaintiff, without which the written statement(s) shall not be taken on record.
6. Liberty is given to the plaintiff to file replication, if any, within fifteen days from the receipt of the written statement(s). Along with the replication filed by the plaintiff, an affidavit of admission/denial of the documents of
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