M/S Niit Limited v. Mr. A.L. Mehta

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ CS(OS) 1553/2007 M/S NIIT LIMITED ..... Plaintiff Through:

Ms. Prachi V.Sharma, Adv.

versus MR. A.L. MEHTA ..... Defendant Through:

Defendant in person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VALMIKI J. MEHTA

O R D E R

% 15.02.2016 CS(OS) 1553/2007 & I.A.No. 16208/2013 (U/o 6 Rule 17 CPC by defendant) 1.

Though counsel for the plaintiff urges that this is a commercial matter, however, this matter is not a commercial matter because the subject matter of the suit is a dispute between an employer and an ex-employee and dispute between the employer and the ex-employee is not envisaged in any of the sub-Sections of Section 2(1) of the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015 2.

An Office Order dated 24.11.2015 has been issued by Hon'ble the Chief Justice in exercise of powers conferred by Section 4 of the Delhi

High Court (Amendment) Act, 2015, whereby ordinary suits which are not commercial matters having pecuniary jurisdiction up to the value of rupees two crores cannot be tried by this Court and commercial matters up to the value of rupees one crore cannot be tried by this Court. Accordingly, subject to the above, this suit is transferred for decision to the jurisdictional Court under the District & Sessions Judge (South East), Saket Courts, New Delhi. 3.

Let parties appear before the District & Sessions Judge (South East), Saket Courts, New Delhi on 30th March, 2016. Suit file be made available to the District & Sessions Judge (South East), Saket Courts, New Delhi on the date fixed.

VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J FEBRUARY 15, 2016 ib