JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari)

Heard Sri Patanjali Pamidighantam, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri V. V.N. Narasimham, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. The present appeal has been filed under Section 13 (1) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (in short ‘Act 2015’) read with Section 37 (1) (c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (in short ‘Act 1996’), challenging the Judgment/ Order, dated 31.07.2025 passed in CAOP No.49 of 2024 (in short ‘CAOP’), by the Special Judge For Trial and Disposal of Commercial Disputes, Visakhapatnam (in short ‘Special Judge’).

3. The appellants are the petitioners in CAOP No.49 of 2024. It filed the application under Section 9 of the Act 1996 seeking injunction restraining the respondents and those acting on their instructions from continuing the freeze on current account No.915020032315999 with Axis Bank, M.V.P.Colony Branch, Visakhapatnam, belonging to the petitioner firm and to direct the respondent/Axis Bank to restore the operational access to the petitioner by de- freezing the said current bank account.

4. The learned Special Judge, by the impugned Order dated 31.07.2025, allowed the application, part