Commercial Suits
1 A quick look at the Procedure – Hearing of Commercial Suits
2 Compulsory Mediation u/s 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.
3 Institution / Filing of Suit
4 Applying for urgent Ad-Interim / Interim Reliefs
5 Tendering Draft Summons before Court for Seal of the Court
6 Service of Summons / Notices upon Adversary: Sections 28, 29 and Order 5
7 Application by Defendant, if any, for Rejection of Plaint, etc.
8 Applying for Summary judgment
9 Filing of Written Statement by Defendants - Order 8 Proviso to Rule 1
10 Applying for Ex-parte decree - O.9 R.6 / O.8 R.10
11 Inspection of documents by respective parties Order 11 Rule 3
12 Admission / denial, Production of documents, including Electronic Records, etc - Order 11, Rules 4, 5 and 6
13 Administering Interrogatories - Order 11, Rule 2
14 Hearing of the Suit according to “Case Management Hearing” - Order 15-A
15 Framing of Issues – Order 14
16 Filing of Evidence - O.6 R.15A r/w O.19 R.6, O.18 R.4(1A)(1B)(1C), O.19 R.4, 5
17 Final arguments O.18 R.2(3A,B,C,D)
18 Judgment