Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Trust Through Prashant Mehta v. Hdfc Bank Limited

12.IA.3094.2025.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO.3094 OF 2025 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.3095 OF 2025 IN SUIT NO.160 OF 2015 Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Trust, Through Prashant Mehta ....Applicant

Versus

HDFC Bank Limited & Ors.

...Respondents

Mr. Devadutt Kamat, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Dakshesh Vyas, Abhishekh Prabhu, Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Mr. Tarun Mehra, Ms Jyoti Ghag, Shailesh Prajapati, Ankit Singhal & Mr. Harsh Pandey, Advocates for Petitioner.

Mr. Kevic Setalvad, Senior Counsel a/w. Chitra Rentala, Khyati Mehrotra & Shravani Maddirala i/b. Trilegal, Advocates for Respondent Nos.1.

Dr. Virag Tulzapurkar, Senior Counsel a/w. Chitra Rentala, Khyati Mehrotra & Shravani Maddirala i/b. Trilegal, Advocates for Respondent Nos.2 to 4.

Mr. Alankar Kirpekar a/w. Mr. Ayush Tiwari & Rajas Panadlkar i/b. Shekhar Bhagat, Advocates for Respondent No.5. Mr. Ameya Gokhale a/w. Rishabh Jaisani, Smee Rana, Harit Lakhai, Sana Banyal & Abhishek Mookherjee i/b. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Advocates for Respondent No.6. CORAM: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.

DATE : JULY 31, 2025 JULY 31, 2025 Aarti Palkar

12.IA.3094.2025.doc ORDER :

1.

Affidavit in Reply filed on behalf of the Learned Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 5 are taken on record.

2.

Learned Senior Counsel on behalf of Respondent No.1 is on the verge of completing his arguments. However, at the request of Learned Senior Counsel for the Petitioner, it would be appropriate to permit a short Rejoinder, so that the contents of the Affidavit in Reply filed on behalf of all the Respondents other than Respondent Nos.5 and 6 can be dealt with in a comprehensive short document, and the Interim Application can be finally decided without the need for an intermediate stage of considering ad interim relief.

3.

Let such Rejoinder be filed no later than August 5, 2025. 4.

Stand over to August 7, 2025 under the caption "Part-Heard". 5.

All actions required to be taken pursuant to this Order shall be taken upon receipt of a downloaded copy as available on this Court's website.

[ SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.] JULY 31, 2025 Aarti Palkar