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

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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 2025 Digitally signed by SHRADDHA KAMLESH TALEKAR Date:

2025.08.12 21:31:47 +0530 SHRADDHA KAMLESH TALEKAR Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Trust through Prashant Mehta & Anr.

... Applicants (Orig. Plaintiffs) In the matter of :

Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Trust through Prashant Mehta & Anr.

... Plaintiffs Vs.

HDFC Bank Limited & 5 Ors.

.. Defendants Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Dakshesh Vyas, Abhishekh Prabhu, Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Mr. Tarun Mehra, Mr. Harsh Pandey, Ms Jyoti Ghag, Shailesh Prajapati and Ankit Singhal, Advocates for Applicants/ Plaintiffs.

Mr. Kevic Setalvad, Senior Counsel a/w. Chitra Rentala, Khyati Mehrotra & Shravani Maddirala i/b. Trilegal, Advocates for Defendant Nos.1. Dr. Virag Tulzapurkar, Senior Counsel a/w. Chitra Rentala, Khyati Mehrotra & Shravani Maddirala i/b. Trilegal, Advocates for Defendant Nos. 2 to 4. Mr. Alankar Kirpekar a/w. Mr. Ayush Tiwari i/b. Shekhar Bhagat, Advocates for Defendant No.5.

Mr. Abhishek Mookherjee i/b. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Advocates for Defendant No.6.

CORAM : SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.

Date : August 7, 2025 Order :

August 7, 2025 Shraddha

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Learned Senior Counsel for the Plaintiffs, on instructions, is not pressing the rejoinder or the amendments proposed to bring on record the newspaper publications that had published the statements attributed to Defendant No.1.

2.

In these circumstances, the matter is being continued today without the need for an adjournment.

3.

Learned Senior Counsel for the Plaintiff has made further submissions and has since concluded. Learned Senior Counsel on behalf of Defendant No. 1 is still on his legs. To enable him to conclude and to hear the other parties, stand over to August 13, 2025, under the caption, "Part-heard". 4.

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.] August 7, 2025 Shraddha