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3. Pursuant to the arrangement/understanding between the plaintiff and the defendant no. 1, "House Bills of Lading" ("HBOLs") dated 31.03.2023 are stated to have been issued by the defendant no. 1. The same are stated to have been handed over to the plaintiff by the defendant No. 1. The said HBOLs contain a specific reference to each container number in which the goods were to be transported, the description of the goods, and the name of the consignee, the port of loading, the port of discharge, and the place of delivery. These have been filed alongwith the documents filed with the plaint at page nos. 18 to 28. The consignor in the said bills of lading is "Strides Pharma Science Limited on behalf of Strides Pharma Global Pte Ltd" and the consignee is "L.N.K International Inc." One such HBOL is as under:

5. Consequently, the defendant no. 1 engaged services of the defendant no. 2, who in turn engaged the services of the defendant no. 3. Admittedly, even the defendant no. 3 is not a carrier registered with the FMC. Ultimately, services of the defendant no. 4 (EMU Lines Pvt. Ltd.) and the defendant no. 5 (Bluetide Eservices Pvt. Ltd.) were availed for the purpose of transportation of the consignment to its destination. For this purpose, bills of lading containing the endorsement "seaway" came to be issued by the defendant no. 5 [Seaway Bills of Lading ("SBOLs")] in which the consigner was again referred to as "Strides Pharma Science Limited on behalf of Strides Pharma Global Pte. Ltd". The consignee was reflected to be "L.N.K. International Inc.". As in the case of the HBOLs, the SBOLs also make a specific reference to each container, the description of the consignment, the name of the vessel etc. These SBOLs also contain the endorsement "Shipped on Board". Eight (out of ten) SBOLs contain an endorsement to the effect the goods have been shipped on 31.03.2023 whereas two of these SBOLs contain an endorsement to the effect that the goods have been shipped on 10.04.2023. The copies of these SBOLs have been filed alongwith the plaint at page No. 29 to 39 of the documents accompanying the plaint. A copy of one such SBOL is as under: