Gannon Dunkerley And Co Ltd v. Prism Johnson Ltd

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 17679 OF 2025 IN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PETITION NO. 537 OF 2025 Gannon Dunkerley and Co Ltd ...Applicant/ Petitioner

Versus

Prism Johnson Ltd

...Respondent

Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Senior Advocate, a/w Vyom Shah, Solicitor, Virendra Pareira, Jimish Shah, Rahil Jhaveri, Kushan Kumar, Anand Iyer, i/b Divya Shah Associates, for the Applicant/Petitioner.

Mr. Snehal Shah, a/w Pradeep Bakhru, Aditya Mehta, Kaizad Dalal, Srejeta Datta, i/b Wadia Ghandey & Co., for Respondent.

CORAM

: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.

DATE : JULY 7, 2025 PC :

1.

Heard Learned Counsel for the parties for an overview of the matter. Based on the nature of the issues involved and bearing in mind the scope of jurisdiction under Section 34 of the Act, Learned Counsel have graciously agreed that the Petitioner shall take not more than 30 minutes and the Respondent shall take no longer than 30 minutes for verbal arguments in the matter.

ASHWINI JANARDAN VALLAKATI ASHWINI JANARDAN VALLAKATI Date: 2025.07.19 12:28:59 +0530

2.

Towards this end, the parties shall file a short Note on Submissions, not exceeding five pages, along with page and case law references, setting out the manner in which the points canvassed by them ought to be accepted by this Court.

3.

It is made clear that the time commitments made above shall bind the parties, and such time shall be utilized at the discretion of the Counsel for verbalizing the pivotal submissions, resting assured that the rest of their contentions from their Note on Submissions, would be dealt with by the Court.

4.

With the aforesaid commitments, stand over to July 28, 2025, for "Final Hearing".

5.

It is made clear that the quantum tranche hearing scheduled for July 15, 2025 may continue, but shall be subject to the outcome of this Petition. The parties shall file a joint compilation, taking care to include the Impugned Order in the same. A short reply from the Respondent may be filed no later than July 18, 2025. Rejoinder, if any, no later than July 25, 2025.

6.

Stand over to July 28, 2025, for "Final Hearing".

7.

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.]