OD-12 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ORIGINAL SIDE APD/9/2025 WITH CS/244/2008 IA No.GA/1/2025 KAMALES MALLIK Versus OCTAVIUS TEA AND INDUSTRIES LTD. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS OCTAVIUS STEEL AND CO. LTD.) AND ORS.

Present :

The Hon’ble Justice Debangsu Basak -And-

The Hon’ble Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi For the Appellant : Mr. Kushal Chatterjee, Adv.

Mr. Arindam Paul, Adv. Ms. Debarati Das, Adv.

Ms. Sohini Choudhury, Adv.

Mr. Sujato Ghosh, Adv.

Ms. Eshika Nandy, Adv.

For the Respondent No.1 : Mr. D. N. Sharma, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Altamas Alim, Adv.

Mr. S. R. Saha, Adv.

For the Respondent : Mr. Mainak Bose, Sr. Adv. Nos.2, 6, 11, 12 & 13 Ms. Pallavi Sengupta, Adv.

For the Respondent : Ms. Ishita Chakraborty. Adv.

Nos.3, 4, 5 & 10 For the Respondent No.8 : Mr. A. P. Gomes, Adv.

For the Respondent No.15 : Mr. Subhendu Bandopadhyay, Adv.

HEARD ON : 24.04.2026 DELIVERED ON : 24.04.2026 DEBANGSU BASAK, J.:-

1. The appeal is at the behest of the plaintiff and directed against the judgment and decree dated January 9, 2024 passed in CS/244/2008.

2. By the impugned judgment and decree, learned Single Judge, dismissed the suit as not maintainable.

3. Learned Advocate appearing for the appellant s