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% 11.09.2024 I.A. 39200/2024 (pre-litigation mediation)

1. The plaintiffs vide the present application seek exemption from instituting pre-litigation mediation.

2. Considering the averments made in the present application wherein the plaintiffs seek urgent ad-interim reliefs and in view of Yamini Manohar vs. T.K.D. Krithi 2023 SCC OnLine 1382 and Chandra Kishore Chaurasia vs. R. A. Perfumery Works Private Limited 2022:DHC:4454-DB, the plaintiffs are exempted from instituting pre-litigation mediation.

3. Accordingly, the present application is allowed and disposed of.

I.A. 39195/2024 (exemption)

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4. Exemption allowed as sought, subject to all just exceptions.

5. The application stands disposed of.

I.A. 39193/2024 (seeking administration of interrogatories upon defendants) 6. The plaintiffs vide the present application seeks grant of leave to the plaintiffs to serve the defendants with the enclosed interrogatories and direct the defendants to respond to the same through their respective constituted attorney(s) or any other principal officer(s).

7. Issue notice to the defendants by all permissible modes returnable before the Joint Registrar on 12.12.2024

8.