JUDGMENT 1. The plaintiff has filed the present commercial suit for recovery of Rs. 5,08,534/ along with pendente lite and future interest @ 24% per annum against the defendants. 2. Succinctly, the case of plaintiff is that the plaintiff is in the business of printing and book binding and the defendant is in the business of book publishing. It is stated by the plaintiff that the defendant is having the business relation of getting the books printed and binding from the plaintiff. It is further stated by the plaintiff that the defendant no.1 is the partnership firm and defendant no.2 and 3 are the partners of the defendant no.1 and all the defendants are jointly and severally liable. It is further stated by the plaintiff that the plaintiff is also a registered partnership firm. The suit has been filed by Sh. Manish Jain, stated to be authorized Partner on behalf of the plaintiff to file the present suit. It is further averred that all the transactions between the plaintiff and the defendants are effected on the legal GST invoices and that the defendant was regularly making payments but now the defendants has stopped making payments at all. As on 3 rd April, 2019, the defendant had an outstanding balance of Rs. 3,11,357/. It is also stated that the defendants are well aware that in case of delayed payment, they were liable to pay interest at the rate of 2% per month or 24% per annum and thus, the plaintiff has claimed an amount of Rs. 2,17,177.64/ as interest till 26th February, 2022 at the rate of 24% per annum. Plaintiff has further stated that the parties are maintaining running accounts and defendant has deducted TDS and had lastly deposited TDS in the year 2019 of an amount of Rs. 3,568/. Plaintiff has further averred that the defendant has lastly made payment of Rs. 20,000/ on 24 th September, 2021 and despite reminder is not clearing the outstanding balance. CS(COMM) NO. 422/2022 M/s Options Printofast Vs. Mc Learners Publications Page 2 of 35 3. A legal notice was also sent upon the defendants on 28 th February, 2022 asking him to make the payment of the outstanding amount as well as the interest, but the defendant did not comply with the same. The suit is said to be within the limitation as the last payment was made on 29 th September, 2021 and also in view of the extended limitation by the Hon'ble Apex Court "In Re: Cognizance For Extension of Limitation, dated 10.01.2022". It is stated that defendant is residing within the jurisdiction of the present Court and therefore, the present Court has jurisdiction to try and decide the present suit. Alongwith the plaint, affidavit of the plaintiff and statement of truth has been filed and affidavit under Order XI Rule 6 (3) CPC is also filed in support of the digital evidence. 4. The summons of the suit were issued to the defendant. The defendants appeared through Counsel on 09th December, 2022 and WS, statement of truth as well as affidavit of admission and denial of documents of plaintiff was filed. In the WS filed by the defendants, the defendants have stated that the present suit is not maintainable and is liable to be dismissed as the same has been filed without any cause of action. Defendants have further stated that the plaintiff has become dishonest and wants to grab money and has filed the present suit on the basis of forged and fabricated documents. As per the defendants, no amount is due upon the defendant as al