Paramount Agro v. Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd

46-COMS-29-2023+.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMMERCIAL SUIT NO. 29 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 6431 OF 2025 IN COMMERCIAL SUIT NO. 29 OF 2023 Paramount Agro ...Plaintiff

Versus

Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd ...Defendant Appearance not received for the Plaintiff.

Mr. Makarand Bakore, for Defendants.

CORAM

: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J.

DATE : April 30, 2026 ORDER :

1.

Interim Application No.6431 of 2025 seeks to effect certain amendments to the plaint. The sole objection to these amendments is to Item 4 in Schedule-I to the Interim Application, is to proposed prayer 'a1', which essentially seeks a declaration that the Defendants have committed a breach of contract. The reference to "Defendants" would cause an apprehension in the minds of the Learned Advocate for the Defendants that joint and several liability on directors of Defendant Digitally signed by ASHWINI JANARDAN VALLAKATI Date:

2026.05.04 11:09:25 +0530 ASHWINI JANARDAN VALLAKATI No.1 is being embedded in the same.

April 30, 2026

46-COMS-29-2023+.doc 2.

To this, Learned Advocate for the Plaintiff submits that the word "Defendants" in the proposed prayer 'a1' may be replaced by the words "Defendant No.1".

3.

With the aforesaid modification, the amendments set out in the Schedule-I of the Interim Application No.6431 of 2025 are permitted to be carried out.

4.

The Interim Application is disposed of. Amendments shall be carried out within a period of one week from the date of upload of this order on the Court's website.

5.

List under the caption "Framing of Issues" on June 11, 2026. The parties are requested to exchange their draft issues and present an agreed set of issues, leaving it to the Court to bridge any gap perceived by the parties in the approach to the issues. The amended copy of the plaint shall also be forthwith served on the Defendants once the amendments are effected.

6.

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.] April 30, 2026 Ashwini Vallakati