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Varanium Cloud Limited in the Matter Between Rolta Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Varanium Cloud Limited – Respondent
Certainly. Based on the provided legal document, here are the key points:
The application for return of the Plaint was filed under Order VII Rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), arguing that the suit was incorrectly filed as an ordinary summary suit instead of a commercial summary suit under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (!) .
The core issue was whether the dispute qualifies as a "commercial dispute" under Section 2(1)(c)(i) of the Commercial Courts Act. The Court emphasized that only disputes arising out of specific transactions listed in Sections 2(1)(c)(i) to (xiii) are considered commercial disputes (!) (!) .
The Court clarified that merely referring to a contract as a "commercial contract" or including interest provisions not specified in the agreement does not automatically classify a dispute as commercial. The dispute must arise out of specific items enumerated in the law (!) .
The Court examined the nature of the plaintiff's business, which is primarily leasing services, and found that the transaction in question—an assignment of debt—does not fall within the scope of ordinary transactions of merchants, financiers, or traders as defined under the Act (!) (!) .
The Court highlighted that the transaction was a singular assignment of debt, not part of the plaintiff's ordinary course of business, and therefore does not constitute an "ordinary transaction" of a merchant, banker, financier, or trader (!) (!) .
The Court underscored that the purpose of the Commercial Courts Act is to expedite genuine commercial disputes. A broad or liberal interpretation of the law should not be used to convert non-commercial disputes into commercial ones, which would defeat the law's objective (!) (!) .
The Court rejected the application for return of the plaint, concluding that the dispute does not arise out of an "ordinary transaction" as required for a commercial dispute, and therefore, it does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Commercial Division of the Court (!) .
Consequently, the Court also dismissed the objection regarding non-compliance with Section 12A of the Act, as the suit is not deemed a commercial suit (!) .
The Court observed that the defendants' attempt to reclassify the suit as a commercial summary suit appears to be a delaying tactic, and it imposed a cost of Rs. 5 lakhs on the defendants for this conduct (!) .
Overall, the Court reaffirmed the importance of a strict, narrow interpretation of what constitutes a "commercial dispute" to ensure the effective functioning of the commercial courts and to prevent non-commercial cases from clogging the system (!) (!) .
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ORDER
This Interim Application seeks return of the Plaint under Order VII Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC”) on the ground that the Summary Suit falls within the scope and ambit of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (the “said Act”) and has been incorrectly instituted as an Ordinary Summary Suit on the Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction of this Court, but ought to have been filed before the Commercial Division of this Court as a Commercial Summary Suit under the said Act.
2. Mr. Narvekar, learned Counsel appearing for the Applicant-Defendant No.1 would submit that considering that the Plaintiff No.1 had advanced the loan in the course of its business to Rolta India Limited having acted as a financier and then has sought to assign it to the Defendant No.1 viz the Applicant, is only acting as a Financier/Trader which falls within the definition of commercial dispute in terms of Section 2(1)(c)(i) of the said Act and that therefore, the Plaint should be returned to the Court in which it should have been instituted viz. the Commercial Court Division of this Court as a Commercial Summary Suit as the dispute set out in the Plaint is a commercial dispute of a specified va
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