* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 15.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 18.12.2025 + FAO 346/2025, CM APPLs. 78829/2025 & 78831/2025 IE ONLINE MEDIA SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED.....Appellant Through: Mr. Nachiket Joshi and Ms. Chanan Parwani, Advocates.

versus NITIN BHATNAGAR & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Trideep P., Sr. Advocate with Ms. S. Singh, Ms. Sakshi Jain, Mr. Nitesh Kumar Jha, Mr. Akshit Mago and Ms. E. Kashyap, Advocates for R-1.

Ms. Apar Gupta, Ms. Avanti Deshpande, Mr. Naman Kumar and Ms. Indumugi C., Advocates for R-

11.

Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Ms. Shruttima Ehersa, Mr. Rohan Ahuja, Ms. Aishwarya Debadarshini, Ms. Jahanvi Agarwal, Advocates for R-10.

Mr. Manu Seth, Advocate for R-5 and R-6.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA

JUDGMENT

CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J.

1. The present appeal under Order XLIII rule 1(r) of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (the CPC), has been filed by defendant no. 2 in C.S. No. 510/2025 on the file of the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, aggrieved by the order dated 10.11.2025 by which the trial court allowed the application under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 CPC filed by