Bangalore District Court Keerthi Service Station vs Simplex Infrastructures Limited on 10 February, 2026 KABC170012502025 IN THE COURT OF LXXXIV ADDL. CITY CIVIL & SESSIONS JUDGE, AT BENGALURU (CCH85) (Commercial Court) THIS THE 10th DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026 PRESENT: SRI. ANAND T. CHAVAN. B.Com.,LL.B.(Spl.) LXXXIV ADDL. CITY CIVIL & SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU. Com.OS.No.506/2025 Plaintiff: Keerthi Service Station, No.52/A, 80 Feet Road, 8th Main, 2nd Phase, JP Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka560 078. Through its Representative Mr. Karthik P Gupta. (Rep by BSPS Associates Adv) V/s Defendant: Simplex Infrastructures Limited, Simplex House No.27, Shakespeare Sarani, 2 Com.OS No.506/2025 Kolkata, West Bengal700 017. (Exparte) Date of Institution of the suit 04.04.2025 Nature of the suit (suit on pro note, suit for declaration Suit for recovery of Money. & Possession, Suit for injunction etc.) Date of commencement of 09.02.2026 recording of evidence Date on which judgment was 10.02.2026 pronounced Total Duration Year/s Month/s Day/s 00 10 06 LXXXIV Addl.City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bengaluru. JUDGMENT The plaintiff has filed present suit against defendant seeking recovery of Rs.24,99,872/ along with interest at the rate of 19.50% from the due date of each payment. 2. The brief averments of plaint are that: The plaintiff is a firm registered under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 3 Com.OS No.506/2025 2006 and is an authorized dealer for Indian Oil Corporation Limited. The defendant is a company in the business of executing projects in several sectors like Transport, Energy & Power, Mining, Buildings, Marine, Real Estate etc., In the year 2019 defendant approached plaintiff seeking supply of diesel for their various projects and based on their assurances of adherence to mutual terms and timely payment, plaintiff agreed to supply diesel to defendant as and on when required. The plaintiff supplied diesel to defendants for various projects for the period between 09.05.2019 to 30.12.2021 as follows: Sl.No. Project Date Bill No. Amount 1 Sriram 23.11.21 3809 84,390 2 Park West 01.08.19 1660 3,38,960 06.09.19 2129 23.10.19 2828 3 BMRCL Tumkur Road 04.02.20 4512 6,05,280 13.02.20 4689 19.02.20 4810 4 Mantri Web City 08.10.21 3001 1,97,980 18.10.21 3145 5 Pashima Brookwoods 09.05.19 454 68,630 6 Shri Ram Chirping 26.04.21 351 68,456 Wood 7 Skylark Dasos 06.12.19 3451 7,95,916 4 Com.OS No.506/2025 27.12.19 3851 11.01.20 4108 01.02.20 4442 11.01.21 3549 20.02.21 4198 15.09.21 2537 09.11.21 3061 8 BBMP Sony World 20.12.21 4352 3,39,720 30.12.21 4580 Total Value of Diesel supplied. 24,99,872 Till the date defendant has not made a single payment towards aforesaid dues and believing the false assurances of defendant of payment in near future, plaintiff kept patient by maintaining constant touch with defendant. Further despite repeated issuance of reminders to defendant dtd.18.07.2022, 20.07.2022, 06.08.2022, 16.08.2022 and final reminder dtd.24.08.2022, defendant showed blatant disregard for said reminders and no proper response was provided. As per Sec.15 of MSMED Act 2006 buyer of goods is bound to make payment for the same within 45 days from its supply and in case of delay in payment, under Sec.16 of said Act buyer is bound to pay compoundable interest calculated three times of bank rate as notified by RBI.