-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION CHAMBER SUMMONS NO.76 OF 2008 In SUIT NO.3466 OF 2005 Ewart Investments Limited : Plaintiff V/s. V.H.Holdings Private Limited & Ors. : Defendants And Kingdom Investment Private Limited & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.J.Dwarkadas, Senior Advocate, with Mr.Sharan Jagtiani and Mr.Shailesh Shukla i/b. AZB & Partners for the plaintiff. Mr.P.A.Soni i/b. Vijil Juris for defendant nos.1 to 3, 6 & 11. Mr.Shiraz Rustomji i/b. Federal & Rashmikant for defendant no.4. Ms Alpana Gone i/b. Kanga & Co., for defendant no.5. Mr.Zal Andhyrujina i/b. Crawford Bayley & Co., for defendant no.12. Mr.C.D.Abuwala i/b. Dave & Co., for defendant nos.7 to 10. Mr.Karl Shroff i/b. Shamim & Co., for resp. nos.1 to 3. Ms Dipali Mehta i/b. G.R. Mehta for resp. nos.4 & 7. Mrs.Sonali Jain for respondent nos.8, 9 & 10. ... CORAM : S.A.BOBDE, J. DATE : AUGUST 12, 2008. -: 2 :- P.C. 1. By this Chamber Summons for amendment, the plaintiff seeks permission to introduce pleadings pertaining to subsequent events and amendment to certain prayer clauses. 2. At the outset, it may be stated that the parties have agreed that the amendment to prayer clauses (a), (b) & (q) to the extent that they seek relief against the defendant no.12 shall be deferred. This order shall not affect the defendant no.12 in any way. As far as the averments pertaining to subsequent events sought to be introduced by way of amendment, the learned counsel for the defendants only submitted that the preliminary issue pertaining to jurisdiction of this Court is pending determination and, therefore, the amendment need not be considered and granted at this stage. There does not appear to be any reason why the amendment should not be granted if a preliminary issue of jurisdiction is pending consideration. Hence, this submission of the learned counsel for the defendants is rejected. As far as the grant of amendment is concerned, no reason has been pointed out by the learned counsel for the defendants why the amendment should not be granted. The amendment does not change the nature of the suit nor does it cause any prejudice to the defendants, except that it seeks to -: 3 :- introduce subsequent events. 3. In this view of the matter, the Chamber Summons is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b), except in relation to the defendant no.12. The amendment shall be carried out within a period of four weeks from today. All contentions of all parties in the suit are left open. 4. Order accordingly. S.A. BOBDE, J.