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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ CS(COMM) 1427/2025 & I.A. 32804-32810/2025

THE RITZ HOTEL LIMITED & ORS. .....Plaintiffs

Through: Mr. Pravin Anand, Ms. Vaishali

Mittal, Ms. Gitanjali Sharma and Mr.

Shivang Sharma, Advs.

versus

MR SHAHJAHAN KHAN & ANR. .....Defendants

Through: None

CORAM:

HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA

O R D E R

% 24.12.2025

I.A. 32807/2025

1. This is an application under Section 151 of the Code of Civil

Procedure, 1908 [‘CPC’], filed by the Plaintiffs seeking exemption from

filing clearer copies of dim documents.

2. Subject to the Plaintiffs filing clearer copies of dim documents within

a period of four (4) weeks from today, exemption is granted for the present,

failing which the Plaintiffs will not be entitled to rely upon these documents.

3. Accordingly, this application is disposed of.

I.A. 32806/2025

4. This is an application seeking leave to file additional documents under

Order XI Rule 1(4) of CPC [as amended by the Commercial Courts Act,

2015] read with Section 151 CPC, within thirty [30] days.

5. The Plaintiffs, if they wish to file additional documents will file the

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same within thirty (30) days from today, and they shall do so strictly as per

the provisions of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 and the Delhi High

Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018.

6. Accordingly, the application is disposed of.

I.A. 32808/2025

7. This is an application under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts

Act, 2015 read with Section 151 CPC, filed by the Plaintiffs seeking

exemption from instituting pre-litigation mediation.

8. Having regard to the facts that the present suit contemplates urgent

interim relief and in light of the judgement of the Supreme Court in Yamini

Manohar v. T.K.D. Keerthi¹, exemption from the requirement of pre-

institution mediation is granted to the Plaintiffs.

9. Accordingly, the application stands disposed of.

I.A. 32809/2025

10. This application under Section 151 of CPC has been filed by the

Plaintiffs seeking extension to file the Court Fees.

11. Mr. Pravin Anand, learned counsel for the Plaintiffs state that this

application has become infructuous as the Court fees stands deposited and

the Court fees certificate stands e-filed.

12. Accordingly, the application stands disposed of as being infructuous.

I.A. 32810/2025

13. This application under Section 151 of CPC has been filed by the

Plaintiffs seeking liberty to file documents pertaining to goodwill and

reputation electronically on a pen drive and seeking exemption from filing

the said documents in PDF version.

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14. The Plaintiffs are directed to file the pen-drive in accordance with the

Rule 24 of Chapter XI of the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018

after serving an advance copy on the Defendants.

15. Registry may receive electronic record on pen-drive so long as it is

encrypted with a hash value or in any other non-editable format. The content

contained in the pen-drive be placed in the electronic record of the present

suit in a format which is non-editable, so that the same can be viewed by the

court during hearing.

16. With the aforesaid directions, this application stands disposed of.

CS(COMM) 1427/2025

17. Mr. Pravin Anand, learned counsel for the Plaintiffs state that advance

service has been effected. However, none appears for the Defendants.

18. Let the plaint be registered as a suit.

19. Summons be issued to Defendants by all permissible modes on filing

of process fee. Affidavit of service be filed within two [2] weeks.

20. The summons s