IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Civil Appellate Jurisdiction ORIGINAL SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty &

The Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee APOT 225 of 2024 With CS 98 of 2023 +

IA No. GA 1 of 2024 Lord Grih Nirman Private Limited Versus Merlin Projects Limited For the Appellant : Mr. S. N. Mookherjee, Sr. Adv., Mr. Jishnu Saha, Sr. Adv., Mr. Joy Saha, Sr. Adv., Mr. Reetobroto Mitra, Adv., Mr. Aditya Kanodia, Adv., Mr. Ishaan Saha, Adv., Mr. Yash Singhi, Adv.

For the Respondent : Mr. P. Chidambaram Sr. Adv., Mr. Surojit Nath Mitra, Sr. Adv., Ms. Rajashree Kajaria, Adv., Mr. Sankarsan Sarkar, Adv., Mr. Uttam Sharma, Adv., Mr. Dharav Shah, Adv., Mr. P. Goyal, Adv., Mr. Shayak Mitra, Adv., Mr. Samriddha Sen, Adv.

Hearing is concluded on : 1st October, 2024.

Judgment On : 8th November, 2024.

Tapabrata Chakraborty, J.

1. The appellant/defendant has challenged an order dated

16.05.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge dismissing an application being IA No. G.A. 02 of 2023 under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure (hereinafter referred to as the Code) filed in connection with the suit for specific performance being CS

98 of 2023.

2. For adjudication of