O R D E R

CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J (Oral)

I.A. 4662/2013

1. By way of this application, the defendants no. 11, 12, 20 to 22, 26 to 28 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘applicants’) prays for the stay of the captioned suit, in accordance with Section 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’) inter alia with the following reliefs:

“It is prayed that this Hon'ble Court is pleased to stay the present suit qua defendants No. 11, 12, 20 to 22 and 26 to

28.

Any other order as may be deemed fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, may also be passed in favour of said defendants.”

2. The applicants by way of the present application have taken a plea that the captioned suit is leading to multiplicity of the proceedings between the parties, as the issues involved in the captioned suit are also directly and substantially in issue, in various previously instituted suits between the same parties or between parties litigating under the same title.

3. For elaborating their plea so made by way of the instant application, the applicants have given the following details of the various suits pending between the parties:

(i) The Defendant No.11 J.J. Internati