HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA SACHIN DATTA, J. (ORAL)

1. The present transfer petition has been filed by the petitioner for the transfer of the suit bearing no. CS DJ No. 4164/2024 (‘the Suit’), filed under Order XXXVII of the CPC, 1908, seeking recovery of INR 76,66,932/- along with pendente-lite and future interest, from the learned District Judge- 05, Patiala House Court, to the learned District Judge (Commercial), Patiala House Court. The Suit was inadvertently filed as an ordinary suit and was therefore listed before the learned District Judge.

2. It is submitted that since the dispute arises out of an Agreement dated 02.09.2020 (hereinafter the ‘Agreement’) executed between the parties, whereby the petitioner agreed to render services to locate a suitable property for the respondents at Capital Court, Munirka and to manage the negotiation and execution of the transaction, it falls within the definition of a ‘commercial dispute’ as defined under Section 2 (c) of the Commercial Signature Not Verified TR.P.(C.) 59/2025 Page 1 of 4 Digitally Signed Courts Act, 2015, and is therefore exclusively triabl