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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA, GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR
T.V.N Enterprises, Rep. By Its partner Sri Tadepalli Venkata Ramesh – Appellant
Versus
Servomax Ltd., Rep. ByIts Directors And Three – Respondent
ORDER :
Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.
1. The Civil Revision Petition (CRP) arises out of an order dated 15.12.2025 passed by the Additional Special Court in the cadre of District Judge for Trial and disposal of Commercial Dispute at Hyderabad (‘Commercial Court’) in I.A. No.29 of 2025 in COS No.1 of 2023, whereby the petitioner’s application was partly allowed.
2. The petitioner before us is the plaintiff in a Suit (COS No.1 of 2023) filed for recovery of money and interest. The plaintiff filed I.A.No.29 of 2025 for permitting the plaintiff to receive certain documents which were originally filed as photocopies with the Plaint.
3. The respondents/defendants opposed the application and the Commercial Court, after considering the case sought to be made by the parties, partly allowed the I.A. granting leave to the plaintiff to file additional documents i.e., a Certified Copy of the registered Sale Deed bearing No.6752 of 2023 dated 12.06.2023 and the orders passed by the learned National Company Law Tribunal (‘NCLT’) in CP (IB) No.361/09/HDB/2022 dated 22.02.2024 sought for subject to the relevancy, admissibility and proof of the said documents and upon payment of cost of Rs.2000/- payable to
Compliance with procedural rules under Order XI of the CPC is mandatory for plaintiffs in commercial suits; failure to justify late document submissions results in dismissal of related applications.
The court established that mere reference to documents in a written statement does not satisfy the requirement of 'reasonable cause' for late submission under the amended Civil Procedure Rules.
Order XI Rule 1(c)(ii) of the CPC permits document production to counter claims made by defendants, allowing flexibility in commercial suits.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the requirement for the plaintiff to establish reasonable cause for non-disclosure of documents and the court's role in determining the sufficiency....
The Commercial Courts Act mandates strict disclosure obligations, requiring all documents to be submitted at the outset. Late submissions necessitate a clear justification for non-disclosure, which w....
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