1968/2021, has held that the Court should be liberal in allowing
interrogatories and production of documents as the same shortens the cross-
examination ... light of the aforesaid, the application is allowed.
20. The defendant shall answer the aforesaid interrogatories and produce
documents in terms of an affidavit
learned counsel for the
petitioners submits that the District Commission while allowing
interrogatories has failed to appreciate certain material facts that the
complainant ... examination. Said application was partly allowed with the direction to
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furnish interrogatories to the counsel of complainants within
hyper-technical at the stage of serving the
interrogatories. The only defence to service of
interrogatories can be when the same do not relate ... tends to shorten litigation. As a general rule the
Interrogatory should be allowed, whether the answer to
them would either strengthen the case
these provisions makes it clear that the Court can allow
service of interrogatories at any stage of the suit for which
it has been conferred ... learned Judge
before permitting to deliver the interrogatories, has not
recorded whether such interrogatories are required to
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minimize the contentious issues or disputes left
these provisions makes it clear that the Court can allow
service of interrogatories at any stage of the suit for which
it has been conferred ... learned Judge
before permitting to deliver the interrogatories, has not
recorded whether such interrogatories are required to
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minimize the contentious issues or disputes left
plaintiffs came to be
allowed vide order dated 01.08.2019, whereby the defendants were directed
to answer the interrogatories. The defendants challenged the said order
before ... parties, with the leave of the
Court, are allowed to deliver interrogatories to each other relating to matters
in question in the suit
provisions of the Commercial Courts Act,
2015 .
3. Application is allowed and disposed of.
I.A. 5201/2022 (Exemption)
4. Subject to the Plaintiffs filing ... within two weeks from today.
7. Application is allowed and disposed of.
I.A. 5199/2022 (Interrogatories)
8. Present application has been preferred
broadly the following principles;
(1) The interrogatories must be confined to the
matters which are in issue;
(2) Interrogatories, which relate solely to credit, that ... witness shall
not form an interrogatory:
(3) The interrogatories shall not be oppressive and
they should not be allowed if they exceed the
legitimate requirements
while
deciding an application seeking leave to administer
interrogatories have to only consider whether the
interrogatories sought to be administered have any bearing ... Courts have to be liberal and not hypertechnical
in allowing the use of interrogatories as the interrogatories
help shorten the controversy between the parties
within four
weeks from today, exemption is granted.
2. Application is allowed and disposed of.
I.A. 5645/2022 (Additional Documents)
3. Present application ... reasons stated in the application, the same is allowed and
disposed of.
I.A. 5647/2022 (Interrogatories)
8. Present application has been preferred
