Lavanya And Company Proprietorship Firm vs. Aruna Theatres And Enterprises Pvt. Ltd

ITEM NO.43

COURT NO.2

SECTION XII

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 11008/2024

[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 20-03-2024 in CONTP No. 1387/2023 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras]

M/S. LAVANYA AND COMPANY PROPRIETORSHIP FIRM Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

M/S. ARUNA THEATRES AND ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD. & ORS.Respondent(s)

(IA No. 257963/2024 - APPLICATION FOR VACATION OF INTERIM ORDER, IA No. 261288/2024 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 113887/2024 -EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 269788/2024 PERMISSION $TO$ FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 120987/2024 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 113933/2024 PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 12565-12566/2024 (XII) (IA No. 120425/2024 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)

Date: 18-12-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. R.sagadevan, Adv. Ms. Promila, Adv. Mr. S. Thananiavan, AOR

For Respondent(s)

• Mr. K. S. Vishwanath, Sr. Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh Chauhan, Adv.
• Mr. Kunal Malik, AOR
• Mr. Sudhanshu Chaudharv, Sr. Adv.

Mr. C Umashankar, Adv.

Mr. Sameer Aslam, Adv. Mr. Sudipto Sircar, Adv. Ms. Pranjal Chapalgonkar, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Yadav, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. R. Ilam Paridi, AOR Mr. T. S Sundaram, Adv. Mr. R. Vishnu Kumar, Adv. Mr. Aman Kumar, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that even if the entire claim of the petitioner is accepted, the amount would not have come to more than 3.71 crores.

2. It is submitted that the amount deposited in the High Court alongwith interest comes to around Rs. 80 lakhs.

3. We, therefore, direct the respondent to deposit an amount of Rs. 3 crores in the High Court within a period of four weeks from today.

4. On such deposit being made, the said amount is directed to invest in an interest bearing deposit in a Nationalized Bank, until further orders.

5. In that view of the matter and since the interest of the petitioner is more than adequately protected, the interim protection granted to the petitioner stands vacated.

6. List on 21.01.2025.

(DEEPAK SINGH) (ANJU KAPOOR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)